Re: OSX 11.2 (and M1 hardware) support

On 2/14/21 5:29 PM, Chris Schram via Fink-beginners wrote:
> On 2021-02-14, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2/12/21 3:51 PM, Chris Schram via Fink-beginners wrote:
>>> On 2021-02-12, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> An unreleased version of Fink does work on intel/11.2.1
>>>
>>> I must have missed the memo. What are the commands I must use to install
>>> the unreleased version on an Intel Mac?
>>
>> git clone https://github.com/TheSin-/fink
>> cd fink
>> git checkout dpkg1.16
>> ./bootstrap
>>
>> This will work for a fresh Fink install. When setup asks you about using
>> the binary distribution, select "No".
>> There's a bug (being worked on) that currently blocks some upgrading
>> from an existing Fink install when using ./inject.pl, but this will work
>> for a fresh install.
>>
>> Hanspeter
> 
> If I must use ./bootstrap rather than ./inject.pl I think i'd be more
> comfortable waiting until more work is done with Big Sur, unless...
> 
> Would it be safe to run the above commands, but with ./inject.pl, under
> an older version of macOS, then splice the results back into Big Sur?
> (eg. I have an external SSD with High Sierra that runs the current
> released version of Fink. So I update that one and then copy the folders
> under /opt/sw back to my Big Sur drive, then fink reinstall fink.)
> 

Sorry, just saw this. The current problem is in upgrading (via 
./inject.pl) from fink-current (0.45.2) to git-head, and that's 
happening with any macOS version. So updating your High Sierra SSD to 
git-head would break that install.
git-head does work as a fresh install via ./bootstrap (personally tested 
on 10.13, 10.15, and 11.1).

If you have an Intel 11.2 system with no Fink installed, then the above 
commands ending in ./bootstrap should get you a working copy for 
BigSur/Intel. I haven't had runtime problems with such an install in my 
test BigSur/Intel VM. Every so often a package fails to build, but those 
have been getting patched.

Hanspeter

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