Fwd: Fink & Big Sur

Hola, all.
The below chain was posted on Fink-Beginners as of 18 April, but no response ever appeared.
So I’m re-posting it, with a copy direct to Hanspeter, in the hope of hearing a suggestion or two.

Thanks,
Dave Axler

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: David Axler <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink & Big Sur
> Date: April 17, 2022 at 10:45:12 PM EDT
> To: fink-beginners <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 15, 2022, at 5:40 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected] <mailto:[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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