Re: Fink & Big Sur

> On Apr 15, 2022, at 5:40 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 4/12/22 11:15 PM, David Axler wrote:
>> After getting assorted software, including Fink, fully operational under Catalina, I opted to take the next step and upgrade to Big Sur.
>> I now have macOS 11.6.5 (20G527) with Darwin Kernel 20.6.0 in place on my computer (Late 2013 Mac Pro).
>> This includes the most recent Security Update for Big Sur.
>> I have updated Xcode to the most current version that runs under Big Sur (13.2.1) and installed its command
>> line tools. In addition, I have run the xcode-select and xcodebuild commands in Terminal.
>> My prior installation of Fink remains in place in /opt/sw.
>> davidaxl@Daves-Mac-Pro ~ % fink -V
>> Package manager version: 0.45.6
>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu Apr  7 16:00:03 2022, 10.15, x86_64
>> Trees: local/main stable/main unstable/main
>> When I run fink selfupdate, I get this message:
>> 11.6 does not match the expected value of 10.16. Please run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1430.
>> When I run fink list, I get a batch of “uninitialized value" messages, followed by the requested list.
>> These appear about fifteen times in total, always referencing either $ver or $javadir, at various locations within VirtPackage.pm
>> The messages are of the form:
>> Use of uninitialized value $javadir in pattern match (m//) at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 452.
>> Use of uninitialized value $ver in pattern match (m//) at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 452.
>> Use of uninitialized value $javadir in opendir at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 453.
>> Looking through the Fink-Beginners and Fink-Users mailing list archives, I gather that there is some issue involving getting
>> Fink to recognize kernel versions with Big Sur, but I have not found any recommended tricks or solutions.
> 
> To get Fink working on Big Sur, run the following commands
> mkdir ~/src (or where ever you like to
> cd ~/src
> git clone https://github.com/TheSin-/fink <https://github.com/TheSin-/fink> fink-thesin
> cd fink-thesin
> git checkout dpkg1.16
> ./inject.pl
> 
> This will download the test version of Fink that works on Big Sur, (the dpkg1.16 branch), then inject a new copy of that branch into your Fink directory.
> 
> Hanspeter
> 
> -- 
> Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines


I followed the instructions above, using a directory named ~/finkbigsur
All worked fine except for the final step in the ./inject.pl script:

Copying package description(s)...
/bin/mkdir -p -m755 /opt/sw/fink/dists/local/injected/finkinfo
Modifying package description...
/bin/chmod 644 /opt/sw/fink/dists/local/injected/finkinfo/*.*
Installing package...

/opt/sw/bin/fink install fink-0.45.99.git-20220418.0224
11.6 does not match the expected value of 10.16. Please run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1430.
### execution of /opt/sw/bin/fink failed, exit code 29

Installing the new fink package failed. The description and the tarball were
installed, though. You can retry at a later time by issuing the appropriate
fink commands.

The tarball  fink-0.45.99.git.tar was installed in /opt/sw/bin/fink. I’m not certain where to look for the description,
but I’m assuming it also ended up in the right place.

So, what’s my next step?

Thanks,
Dave

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