Re: pod2man not executable was Re: failed: fink install graphicsmagick

Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.core
Organization Fink Core Team
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/18/12 7:16 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> On 7/18/12 6:13 AM, Michael Bane wrote:
>> $ sudo fink install graphicsmagick
> 
> (don't use 'sudo' before fink)
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Creating man pages from POD...
>>   fink-scanpackages.8
>> ./install.sh: line 130: /usr/bin/pod2man: Permission denied
> 
> <snip>
> 
> That you ultimately want graphicsmagick is utterly irrelevant to this
> issue, so I'm changing the subject.
> 
> /usr/bin/pod2man is _supposed_ to be executable, but occasionally we see
> situations where this isn't the case.
> 
> 1)  Use "sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/pod2man" to give it the proper
> permissions and you should be able to do your install.
> 
> 2)  Run "repair permissions" from Disk Utility on your system drive in
> case there might be other issues.
> 

Amusingly enough, this could be solved via

https://github.com/fink/fink/pull/39

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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