On 8/12/12 6:50 AM, Noah wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> OK, '/usr/bin/perl -V' looks normal enough.
>>
>> The error appears to be coming in when fink is updating its cache of
>> package description files, so try running "fink index -f" to rebuild
>> that cache.
>>
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> something is still not happy
>
> MacBookPro-002332D9A480-2 06:49:23 ~/bin $  fink index -f
> Scanning package description files
> MacBookPro-002332D9A480-2 06:49:40 ~/bin $ fink -q -y selfupdate
> rsync -az -q
> rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP
> /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp
> I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package
> descriptions.
> rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q   --include='10.4/'
> --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/main/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
> --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION'
> --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**'
> 'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/'
> Scanning package description files
> Failed: not a reference at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1836
>
>

Hmm...let's try something else that touches the same area of the code, then.

Edit /sw/etc/fink.conf as a superuser and add the line

NoAutoIndex: true

to it.  Then save and see what happens if you run e.g. 'fink selfupdate'.
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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