Re: Error installing deborphan-1.7.28.8-1 on fink-distribution 10.8

On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:33:29AM -0700, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> 
> > On Sep 1, 2017, at 11:21, Robert Schwarz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > TRying to install deborphan-1.7.28.8-1 on the fink 10.8 distribution
> > running latest macOS Sierra yields the following error:
> > 
> > fink install deborphan
> > arch: /usr/bin/perl5.12 isn't executable
> > 
> > The documentation of http://www.finkproject.org lists deborphan as
> > stable in the source-development tree from fink-dist 10.4 troughout 10.12.
> > 
> > Plain logic dictates, either the documentation has to be updated, or
> > there must be a Bug in the system.
> > 
> > Any takers?
> > 
> > rsc70
> > --
> > Quote of the Day: 
> >   Dei sub numine viget
> >      God went to Princeton.
> >         -And probably left it around 1955 aC (after Christ) ;)
> > --- 
> > Minor festinado, magis volo.  Less haste, more Speed.
> 
> There is a third option, which is that you are not using the system as intended.  
> 
> The ‘fink' command is not guaranteed to work when you use a Fink distribution which doesn’t match the OS X version—if the system’s Perl version changes it definitely won’t.
> 
> There’s nothing to fix, because the system is working as designed.  The documentation only applies to installing deborphan on Sierra using a fink command and Fink distribution which are properly set up for Sierra.
> -- 
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> 

That was an fast answer. I took you about 12 minutes, to come up with a
solution for a rather complex problem. Qudos. Your not only a fast
Thinker, but also a fast Typer.

> There is a third option, which is that you are not using the system as intended.  
In Logicx, there is no such thing as a Third option. Thit or that. Full stop.

> The ‘fink' command is not guaranteed to work when you use a Fink distribution which doesn’t match the OS X version—if the system’s Perl version changes it definitely won’t.
More explanitation is required. How could it not be guaranteed, that the
so called ‘fink' command is not supposed to work in any of the fink distributions?

> There’s nothing to fix, because the system is working as designed.  
Ok. The fink distribution 10.8 running on macOS Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195)
works perfectly fine, containing exactly Zero bugs. That is what I
would call Intelligent Design. 

But Bay Area, we have still have a problem here:
Even trying to simply aquire the version number of the 'fink'-command
shipped with the 10.8 distribution and running on the current macOS Sierra operating
system leads to a serious Error.

Typing in 'fink -v' on the Commandline results in the following error message:

23:09 Shakti % fink -v
arch: /usr/bin/perl5.12 isn't executable

>The documentation only applies to installing deborphan on Sierra using a fink command 
>and Fink distribution which are properly set up for Sierra.
Then, I have only a final question to You, please provide me with an
ip-adress or link on the internet, where I can download such an updated version of the
'fink' command, which would actually work for me on MacOS Sierra. If you
can send it to me, its fine, if not, for once and all, please try not
to send me an instaneous and intermediate reply using your keyboard, ahk....

Robert Schwarz
--- 
Minor festinado, magis volo.  Less haste, more Speed.

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