Re: Problem with fink / tahoe
Scott Hannahs via Fink-users <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:01:32 -0400
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--===============0181360610782198393== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B2033B6E-FDD9-4F9F-97A5-5A196AB3983A" --Apple-Mail=_B2033B6E-FDD9-4F9F-97A5-5A196AB3983A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Robert, Thanks, I should look at my own notes. I had tried to bootstrap a new = installation rather than inject an update. -Scott > On Mar 6, 2026, at 12:03, Robert Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > In my Notes app I keep this information, which works for me, currently = "fink selfupdate -git" is also working for me: >=20 > the following should update your fink installation: > mkdir -p ~/src > cd src > git clone https://github.com/fink/fink fink-upstream > cd fink-upstream > git pull > sudo cp perlmod/Fink/Services.pm /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm > ./inject.pl >=20 >=20 > OR: >=20 > date; cd ~/src/fink-upstream; git pull; sudo cp = perlmod/Fink/Services.pm /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm; = ./inject.pl; date; cd ~/ >=20 >=20 > Let us know if it works! > Robert >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Mar 6, 2026, at 8:39=E2=80=AFAM, Scott Hannahs via Fink-users = <[email protected]> wrote: >>=20 >> So, I updated to Tahoe after waiting for many months. And I injected = the new fink file Services.pm so all should be well. >>=20 >> BUT, if I do a self-update, fink tries to update fink and reverts the = Services.pm file and fails. Likewise any build that requires fink tries = to update fink and thus fails. Fink is version 0.45.99 but the database = says it is not installed, so it tries to install it again leading to = failure. >>=20 >> The same issue arises if I try to bootstrap a new version of fink. = Or even if I use dpkg to install the fink deb file directly. Somehow = fink does not know that it is already installed. >>=20 >> Do I need to create a new OS version 26 fink install package that = patches the Services.pm file? I really didn=E2=80=99t want to get to = that point, but that is all I have left. >>=20 >> -Scott --Apple-Mail=_B2033B6E-FDD9-4F9F-97A5-5A196AB3983A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"overflow-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;">Robert,<div><br></div><div>Thanks, I should look at = my own notes. I had tried to bootstrap a new installation rather = than inject an update.</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><div><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On Mar 6, 2026, at 12:03, Robert Wyatt = <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type"= content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">In = my Notes app I keep this information, which works for me, currently = "fink selfupdate -git" is also working for me:<div><br></div><div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;">the following should update your fink = installation:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; = line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;">mkdir -p ~/src</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> cd src</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> git clone <a = href=3D"https://github.com/fink/fink">https://github.com/fink/fink</a> = fink-upstream</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; = line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> cd fink-upstream</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> git pull</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> sudo cp perlmod/Fink/Services.pm = /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;"> ./inject.pl</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;">OR:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = ".AppleSystemUIFontMonospaced"; font-size-adjust: none; = font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; = font-variation-settings: normal;">date; cd ~/src/fink-upstream; git = pull; sudo cp perlmod/Fink/Services.pm = /opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm; ./inject.pl; date; cd = ~/</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Let us know if it = works!</div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On Mar 6, 2026, at 8:39=E2=80=AFAM, Scott Hannahs via = Fink-users <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>So, I updated to Tahoe = after waiting for many months. And I injected the new fink file = Services.pm so all should be well.<br><br>BUT, if I do a self-update, = fink tries to update fink and reverts the Services.pm file and fails. = Likewise any build that requires fink tries to update fink and = thus fails. Fink is version 0.45.99 but the database says it is = not installed, so it tries to install it again leading to = failure.<br><br>The same issue arises if I try to bootstrap a new = version of fink. Or even if I use dpkg to install the fink deb = file directly. Somehow fink does not know that it is already = installed.<br><br>Do I need to create a new OS version 26 fink install = package that patches the Services.pm file? I really didn=E2=80=99t = want to get to that point, but that is all I have = left.<br><br>-Scott</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></bloc= kquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_B2033B6E-FDD9-4F9F-97A5-5A196AB3983A-- --===============0181360610782198393== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============0181360610782198393== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users --===============0181360610782198393==--