Re: Big Sur

I would, but I don't have an /opt/sw/lib?!

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 9:46 PM Scott Hannahs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Batshua,
>
> Well here is a terrible hack, that I don’t recommend.  But…..
>
> Edit the file "/opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm”
>
> On line 1370 change the line from
>
> die "$sw_vers does not match the expected value of $darwin_osx. Please
> run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink";
>
>
> To
>
> print( "$sw_vers does not match the expected value of $darwin_osx. Please
> run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink","\n");
>
>
> This changes the fatal error to a warning.  It is difficult and unusual
> for your Darwin version to get out of whack with your MacOS version so it
> is not a terrible loss.
>
> As soon as the wizards come up with a fix for this oddness of having
> multiple MacOS versions have the same Darwin version, do a reinstall fink.
>
> -Scott
>
> On Sep 19, 2021, at 7:32 PM, Batshua mibeit Yehonatan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> I have tried it again. The first error I get is as follows:
>
> Checking system... i386-apple-darwin20.6.0
> 11.6 does not match the expected value of 11.5. Please run `fink
> selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink at
> /Users/jblucher/src/fink/perlmod/Fink/Services.pm line 1373.
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:06 PM Scott Hannahs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> First have you tried the procedure from Hanspeter?
>>
>> Fink-0.45.3 does not work against Big Sur. You'll need to download the
>> git version of Fink for this. Our current development code works on Big
>> Sur, but not on M1 machines (but it looks like you have an intel model
>> (i386) so you should be OK). Run these commands in Terminal.app:
>>
>> mkdir ~/src
>> cd ~/src
>> git clone https://github.com/TheSin-/fink
>> cd fink
>> git checkout dpkg1.16
>> ./bootstrap
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it running on an M1 processor?
>>
>> If so
>>
>>
>> There is a hack to run Fink with Rosetta on M1 processors
>> Copy Terminal.app to ~/Applications and rename Terminal-Rosetta.app
>> Get info on Terminal-Rosetta
>> Check box to “Open with Rosetta”
>> Use this version of Terminal to install and run Fink and installed files.
>>
>> This is completely unnecessary for an Intel based system.
>>
>>
>> This is known to work for 11.5.2 systems.  I am not sure about 11.6.
>> What problems are you seeing?
>>
>> And lastly, any rewards should go to Hanspeter.
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2021, at 11:01 AM, Batshua mibeit Yehonatan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> As folks have seen previously, I'm having trouble getting a successful
>> install on Big Sur.
>>
>> If anyone HAS been successful and has tips, I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>> If anyone has the time and energy to do serious troubleshooting with me,
>> I will make them truffles.
>>
>> Best,
>> Batshua
>>
>>
>

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