Re: failed fink selfupdate-git (High Sierra10.13.6)
Scott Hannahs via Fink-users <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:49:07 -0400
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--===============2645369626353386230== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_90168B86-C619-40DA-9ABA-8C4976C445A5" --Apple-Mail=_90168B86-C619-40DA-9ABA-8C4976C445A5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 For some reason it thinks that portaudio2.patch has been modified = outside of git. For whatever reason, I would try moving it to your = desktop and then attempting to do another self update. -Scott > On Jul 16, 2026, at 9:55=E2=80=AFPM, a_sk--- via Fink-users = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink selfupdate --method=3Drsync' if you are = changing your update method.=20 >=20 >=20 > I will now run the git command to retrieve the latest package = descriptions. The 'su' command will be used to run the git > command as the user 'akios'. After that, the core packages will be = updated right away; you should then update the other > packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. >=20 > /usr/bin/su akios -c '/usr/bin/git fetch --quiet origin' > /usr/bin/su akios -c '/usr/bin/git checkout --quiet master' > /usr/bin/su akios -c '/usr/bin/git merge --ff-only --quiet = origin/master' > error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten = by merge: > 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/sound/portaudio2.patch > Please move or remove them before you merge. > Aborting > ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using git failed. Check the error messages above. >=20 > So far, there were never such errors (on this mac OS) How can we do to = cope with it for novice.. --Apple-Mail=_90168B86-C619-40DA-9ABA-8C4976C445A5 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;"><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;">For some reason it thinks that portaudio2.patch has = been modified outside of git. For whatever reason, I would try = moving it to your desktop and then attempting to do another self = update.<div><br></div><div>-Scott<br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On Jul 16, 2026, at 9:55=E2=80=AFPM, a_sk--- via = Fink-users <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"= content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">'fink = selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink selfupdate --method=3Drsync' if you are = changing your update method. </span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; = font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: = 19px;"><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures"></span><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 19px;"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures"></span><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">I will now run the = git command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. The 'su' = command will be used to run the git</span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; = font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">command as the = user 'akios'. After that, the core packages will be updated right away; = you should then update the other</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">packages using = commands like 'fink update-all'.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 19px;"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures"></span><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">/usr/bin/su akios = -c '/usr/bin/git fetch --quiet origin'</span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; = font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">/usr/bin/su akios = -c '/usr/bin/git checkout --quiet master'</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, = 255, 255);"><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures">/usr/bin/su akios -c '/usr/bin/git merge --ff-only = --quiet origin/master'</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">error: The = following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by = merge:</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures"><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/sound/portaudio2.patch</span></div= ><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, = 255, 255);"><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures">Please move or remove them before you = merge.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures">Aborting</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">### execution of = /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">Failed: Updating = using git failed. Check the error messages above.</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, = 255, 255);"><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">So far, there were = never such errors (on this mac OS) How can we do to cope with it for = novice..</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail=_90168B86-C619-40DA-9ABA-8C4976C445A5-- --===============2645369626353386230== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============2645369626353386230== 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 --===============2645369626353386230==--