Re: Fink selfupdate not working

On 9/22/23 9:57 AM, James Kolata via Fink-beginners wrote:
> I just updated to MacOS 13.6.  Here is the message I received when I tried to update fink:
> 
> jkolata1% fink selfupdate
> 13.6 does not match the expected value of 13.5. Please run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink at /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1449
> 
> 
> I don’t understand this message.  What am I supposed to do?  Here is the code around line 1449:
> 
> sub get_osx_vers {
> 	my $sw_vers = get_osx_vers_long();
> 	my $darwin_osx = get_darwin_equiv();
> 	$sw_vers =~ s/^(\d+\.\d+).*$/$1/;
> 	if ($sw_vers != $darwin_osx) {
> 		if (($sw_vers == 11.6 && $darwin_osx == 11.5) || ($sw_vers == 12.6 && $darwin_osx == 12.5)) {
> 			# special cases in Big Sur and Monterey where it's OK to have a mismatch
> 		} else {
> 			die "$sw_vers does not match the expected value of $darwin_osx. Please run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink";
> 		}
> 	}
> 	return $sw_vers;
> }
> 
> 
> Am I supposed to edit some of this code?  If so, what do I need to do, exactly?  Nowhere does this code refer to 13.5.

You need to fetch an updated Fink that knows about 13.6.

See the Sept 23 news item at https://www.finkproject.org/ for the 
necessary git commands.

Once you have the code, run `./inject.pl` to update your Fink 
installation, and then you should be able to run `fink selfupdate`.

Hanspeter

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