Fink 0.5.0a (Final) released

[justinp]

http://fink.sourceforge.net/

[sao]

Yes, good news! And includes over 700 binary packages for OS X 10.2 as well as over 1800 source packages of all kinds.

And remember, this release is for Mac OS X 10.2 only.


Cheers...

[LizardKing]

I was waiting all day to come home to "selfupdate"

Anyway, I ran into the following issue on my TiBook:

[marley:~] % fink -version
Package manager version: 0.9.1
Distribution version: 0.3.0

The Fink Upgrade Matrix (http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/upgrade.php) tells me to:
"Fink official binary distribution, version 0.3.x or later:
Update using "fink selfupdate". If you have an install from 10.1, you may need to do so twice to be fully updated."

So, I run:
[marley:~] % sudo fink selfupdate
Password:
rm -f LATEST-FINK
curl -L -s -S -o LATEST-FINK http://fink.sourceforge.net/LATEST-FINK

A new Fink distribution release is available. I will now download the package
descriptions for Fink 0.4.1a and update the core packages. After that, you
should update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'.

gzip -dc packages-0.4.1a.tar.gz | tar -xf -

gzip: packages-0.4.1a.tar.gz: not in gzip format
./inject.pl /sw
Can't exec "./inject.pl": No such file or directory at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 180.
### ./inject.pl failed, exit code -1
Failed: injecting the new package definitions from packages-0.4.1a.tar.gz failed

So, the "selfupdate" command is trying to download and install release 0.4.1a!! Anyone else see similar issues?

[sao]

Quote: LizardKing wrote: [marley:~] % fink -version Package manager version: 0.9.1 Distribution version: 0.3.0

That's a very old version. So probably it's allright if first it upgrades to 0.4.1a , as the message said: "you may need to do so twice to be fully updated"

What's your 'sw_vers'? Remember that this release is for 10.2 only.

It seems it fails to inject the package,because of a missing file.

Maybe you post the error message at the Fink-users list.


Cheers...

[LizardKing]

[marley:~] cschorr% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.2.2
BuildVersion: 6F21

I was assuming that the Distribution Version (0.3.0) was the version that is referenced in Fink's upgrade matrix. They don't differentiate between distro version and "package manager version"

[sao]

LizardKing,

256 Sao  @ ~  $ fink -V
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0.cvs

This is what I get *before* the upgrade.

Do you have by chance 'tetex' installed ?


Cheers...

[LizardKing]

no, I never installed tetex (quickly verified by running 'fink list' and checking installed packages).

The thing that is interesting to me is the link in this command (which is run during selfupdate):
curl -L -s -S -o LATEST-FINK http://fink.sourceforge.net/LATEST-FINK

If you click on the above link it will return a page with the text '0.4.1a' (at least it is as of 11:38PM EST).

curious....

[sao]

LizardKing,

Well, it might be wrong or in your case it might be normal that it first installs 0.4.1a, as your former version is quite old.

But, I don't know why it fails to inject the package, as this last upgrade matrix method is new to me.

As I said, it would be interesting that you post the error messages you got at the fink-users list, together with your system information. And please, let us know what the fink developers say about your problem.


Cheers...

[swammifool]

I am also have the problem where I am getting the message

You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point release.
(installed:0.4.1a available:0.4.1a)

This is definitely not true.... or we wouldnt have a thread titled Fink .0.50a relased now would we?

[thatch]

FWIW,

I'm doing the usual 'fink selfupdate-cvs' followed by 'fink update-all' and it's churning away on the update-all at the moment. Seems all is working well so I believe I will have the correct installation when it's done.

....

Okay, this is what I've got now:

fink -V
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs

This must be the new number, I assume.

[edalzell]

I previously installed mysql (from entropy.ch I think). Any way to "convince" fink that I already have mysql installed so that it will be automagically updated?

Thanks

[sao]

For new users they can download the Fink 0.5.0a Binary Installer - (11 MB) from here:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php

Remember, 10.1 users - they should use Fink 0.4.1


I finally upgraded, but ran 'fink selfupdate-cvs', as I prefer to get packages from the cvs repository, so the distribution version now is:

258 Sao  @ ~  $ fink -V
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs

 It looks like 0.5.0a is a final release

The package manager version is actually:
...................
Unpacking replacement fink ...
Setting up fink (0.11.1-10) ...
..................

 The core packages installed versions are:
 pkg base-files  version ###
pkg base-files  version 1.6-1
pkg bzip2  version ###
pkg bzip2  version 1.0.2-1
pkg debianutils  version ###
pkg debianutils  version 1.23-1
pkg dpkg  version ###
pkg dpkg  version 1.9.20-4
pkg fink  version ###
pkg fink  version 0.11.1-10
pkg gettext  version ###
pkg gettext  version 0.10.40-3
pkg gzip  version ###
pkg gzip  version 1.2.4a-6
pkg libiconv  version ###
pkg libiconv  version 1.7-5
pkg ncurses  version ###
pkg ncurses  version 5.2-9
pkg tar  version ###
pkg tar  version 1.13.25-1
pkg apt  version ###
pkg apt  version 0.5.4-7
pkg apt-shlibs  version ###
pkg apt-shlibs  version 0.5.4-7
pkg storable-pm  version ###
pkg storable-pm  version 1.0.14-1

Cheers...

[Glanz]

Quote: Originally posted by sao Yes, good news! And includes over 700 binary packages for OS X 10.2 as well as over 1800 source packages of all kinds. And remember, this release is for Mac OS X 10.2 only. Cheers...

Sao
Please let me thank you at this time for all the help you gave me via your
superbe posts concerning Fink before the 0.5.0a release. I have certainly
learned more about the labyrinth which is Unix and about compiling than I have
during all my years as a Debian and BSD user. I was very happy to note that when
I typed "fink --version" in a terminal, I was presented with a "0.5.0a" as
reply,
Last login: Tue Dec 10 07:18:51 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
[Kaos:~] kaos% fink --version
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs

so for me the release is a moot question. I am glad I did it the hard way
before, not only because of what I have learned through trial and error and on
these boards, but because I now have a system that compares favoribly with the
the most well configured Linux systems I have used.

PS: I must have spent days and days reading your posts in an historical, if not
hysterical, fashion. You could compie a book from this marvelous chronology of
help that you have shared with others!

Cheers and Thanks again!

[sao]

Glanz,

Thanks for your kind words.

I enjoy posting about Fink very much but all the praise should be going to the Fink developers for the tremendous work done. As I read in a post at the fink-beginners list by Daniel Lord:

<<"It is more than the Source Forge Product of the Month:
for I cannot describe in one message the vastness of body of software fink opens to the OS X user.
In sum, it makes the Mac simply the most versatile, powerful desktop Unix on the market, bar none.

Thank you.">>

And I agree 100% with that.


Cheers...

[ateles]

Maybe somebody knows how to rebuild the package list? I updated to 0.50a.cvs, but when I try to install some packages (i.e. r-base) i get this message:

Failed: no package found for specification 'r-base'!

even though the package is in stable por 0.5.0a. My guess is that during the update process my package list was somehow corrupted..Anybody know what to do about this?

ateles

[bluehz]

Arggggh...will it never end (insert hair-pulling)? Took me a while to finally get my XDarwin to start displaying the cursors properly again (e.g. with the proper masks so that you can see a black cursor on a black window or background). Never sure what I did to fix it either. Now after updating to 0.50a last night:

fink selfupdate-cvs

I am back to having the cursor screwed - no mask.

Any help appreciated! Thx.

INFO
------
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs

[justinp]

% fink install blackbox
sudo /sw/bin/fink install blackbox
Password:
Information about 792 packages read in 2 seconds.

pkg blackbox version ###
Failed: no version info available for blackbox

I really wish I knew what I was doing... IceWM installed just fine and is now set as my default (for now.)

% fink --version
Package manager version: 0.11.1
Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs

% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.2.2
BuildVersion: 6F21

[sao]

ateles,

Check if you have it at:

/sw/fink/10.2/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/r-base-1.6.1-2.info

and can you show me the result of:

ls -l /sw/fink/dists


Maybe try running:

'fink fetch-misssing'

and then

'fink scanpackages'


Cheers...

[Glanz]

Quote: Originally posted by sao Glanz, Thanks for your kind words. I enjoy posting about Fink very much but all the praise should be going to the Fink developers for the tremendous work done. As I read in a post at the fink-beginners list by Daniel Lord: Cheers...

I also agree! One more thing. After twisting and turning a few applications so that they would compile on Darwin 6.2, such as Mozilla before I even knew that Fink had already done it, I can appreciate the amount of work that went into this. That isn't the first time I have re-invented the wheel, nor will it be the last.

Fink is a masterpiece. It even works better than most Linux distros, except for Gentoo because there is no optimization lag. I plan to help the project in any way I can, mostly by finding glitches and their exact causes. I do not feel I am competent enough to do much more than that. The competence of all those who brought this together surprises and encourages me.

I'll test anything! After all, I wouldn't want to use something more stable than I am myself. So it's the unstable tree for meee. I started testing Debian when it first came out, and I'm still testing it. I don't believe I have ever used a "stable" version of it either.

[thatch]

justinp, what does 'fink info blackbox' give you? Here's what it gives me:

fink info blackbox
Information about 1860 packages read in 2 seconds.

pkg blackbox version ###
pkg blackbox version 0.65.0-1

blackbox-0.65.0-1: Alternate Window Manager, basic version
Blackbox is yet another addition to the list of window
managers for the Open Group's X Window System, Version 11 Release 6
and above. Blackbox is built with C++, sharing no common code with
any other window manager (even though the graphics implementation
is similar to that of Window Maker).
.
Web site: http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
.
Maintainer: Christian Swinehart <cswinehart@users.sourceforge.net>