Re: fink selfupdate does not work

Well, my fix has always been to edit the file "/opt/sw2/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm” and change the action “die” to “print” on line 1459.  This is a quick kludgy fix and the correct way it update the Darwin/OS version exception table.

Then self update should run and hopefully update fink so that it recognizes your updated OS as a valid one.  But in this case I doubt that Fink has added the exception for the most recent case where the Darwin version is not keeping pace with the OS version.

Before doing ANY OS update, you should do a self-update on Fink to make sure it is capable of recognizing the new OS.  And to always avoid this error you will need to wait until Fink has been updated to handle any OS update.

-Scott

> On Sep 29, 2025, at 15:29, Franchetti, Giuliano Dr. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi to all, 
> 
> Fink selfupdate does not work, see below
> 
> Giuliano
> 
> giuliano@FGs-MacBook-Pro:/Users/giuliano/var/log> fink selfupdate
> Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /opt/sw2/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1459.
> 14.8 does not match the expected value of 14.6. Please run `fink selfupdate` to download a newer version of fink at /opt/sw2/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1459.



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