Re: big sur: no package found for specification 'intltool40'!

On Sun, 30 May 2021, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:

> On 5/29/21 5:07 AM, Sven de Vries wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> updated to big sur (11.4) and tried to install a fresh fink into /opt/sw3 
>> (next to the one from catalina in /opt/sw) via:
>> 
>> git clone https://github.com/nieder/fink
>> git checkout dpkg1.16
>> cd fink/
>> ./bootstrap
>> 
>> after a while of it running successfully  I tried to install a first 
>> package:
>> 
>> fink install intltool40
>> 
>> and got:
>> Scanning package description files..........
>> Information about 11010 packages read in 2 seconds.
>> Failed: no package found for specification 'intltool40'!
>> 
>> now this is mysterious to me, as [/opt/sw3] % !find
>> find ./ -name "intltool4*"
>> .//fink/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/intltool40-10.15.info
>> .//fink/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/intltool40.patch
>> .//fink/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/intltool40.info
>> .//fink/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/intltool40-10.9.info
>> ...
>> .//fink/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/intltool40-10.15.info
>> reavals files, that should be relevant.
>> 
>> it looks to me, like fink is not finding/using the right file.
>> 
>> my fink.conf is:
>> # Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap
>> Basepath: /opt/sw3
>> RootMethod: sudo
>> Trees: local/main stable/main
>> Distribution: 11.3
>> SelfUpdateTrees: 10.9-libcxx
>> 
>> and diff intltool40-11.0.info intltool40-10.15.info
>> 4,6c4,6
>> < Revision: 903
>> < Distribution: 11.0
>> < Type: systemperl (5.28.2)
>> ---
>>> Revision: 803
>>> Distribution: 10.15
>>> Type: systemperl (5.18.4)
>> 
>> 
>> and fink dumpinfo fink
>> Information about 11010 packages read in 1 seconds.
>> infofile:
>> debfile: /fink_0.45.99.git-20210528.1744_darwin-x86_64.deb
>> package: fink
>
> Big Sur 11.3 and up changed the default perl from 5.28.2 to 5.30.2. This has 
> affected how we organize packages. Packages like intltool40 that depend on 
> the system perl need to be prepared for 11.3+. I've got it almost working 
> (locally, no public copy yet). Hopefully by end of day.
>
> You can copy the file intltool40-11.0.info to intltool40-11.3.info, then edit 
> the Type: field to say 5.30.2, and the Distribution: field to 11.3 (and bump 
> Revision by 1). That'll make intltool40 available on 11.3+, but there are 
> still missing perlmod dependencies that must also have perl-5.30.2 versions 
> enabled.
>
> Hanspeter

thank you, now it downloaded, but the 
required package 
Failed: phase compiling: file-temp-pm5302-0.23.11-1

fails  because of:
arch: Can't find perl5.30.2 in PATH

:(

best
sven

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