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[Fink-i18n] [Fwd: [cvs] web/xml/faq faq.en.xml,1.93,1.94]
Alexander Hansen
2009-03-08 19:36:56 UTC
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Subject: [cvs] web/xml/faq faq.en.xml,1.93,1.94
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:24:28 +0000
From: Alexander Hansen <***@users.sourceforge.net>
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Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/faq
In directory fdv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com:/tmp/cvs-serv30066

Modified Files:
faq.en.xml
Log Message:
Get rid of separate 2006-era cvs server change entry, and consolidate with
general cvs issues entry for now, as diagnostic for still being on 10.4-
transitional

Index: faq.en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/faq/faq.en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.93
retrieving revision 1.94
diff -u -d -r1.93 -r1.94
--- faq.en.xml 8 Mar 2009 15:59:57 -0000 1.93
+++ faq.en.xml 8 Mar 2009 16:24:26 -0000 1.94
@@ -523,6 +523,15 @@
the output of selfupdate-cvs, and try again:</p>
<codeblock>sudo rm
/sw/fink/10.2/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/db31-3.1.17-6.info
fink selfupdate-cvs</codeblock>
+ <p>If you get errors that mention <em>cvs.sourceforge.net</em>:</p>
+ <codeblock>
+cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):
+2401 failed: Operation timed out
+</codeblock>
+ <p>this is because of a restructuring of the CVS servers at
sourceforge.net in 2006. Fink files are now at
<em>fink.cvs.sourceforge.net</em>.</p>
+ <p>Check your Distribution version, e.g. via</p>
+ <codeblock>fink --version</codeblock>
+ <p>If that shows <code>10.4-transitional</code>, then you need
to update to the regular 10.4 distribution. An <link
url="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/scripts-10.4-update-0.4.tar.gz?download">update
script</link> has been created to assist with that.</p>
</answer>
</faqentry>
<faqentry name="kernel-panics">
@@ -923,23 +932,7 @@
<p>and then download the disk image for Intel machines from
<link url="http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php">the downloads
page</link>.</p>
</answer>
</faqentry>
- <faqentry name="sf-cvs-2006">
- <question>
- <p>I haven't been able to do a cvs selfupdate.</p>
- </question>
- <answer>
- <p>If you get errors that include lines like:</p>
- <codeblock>
-cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):
-2401 failed: Operation timed out
-</codeblock>
- <p>this is because of a recent restructuring of the CVS servers at
sourceforge.net. Fink files are now at
<code>fink.cvs.sourceforge.net</code>. You'll need to update the
<code>fink-mirrors package</code> via the binary tools:</p>
-<codeblock>
-sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install fink-mirrors
-</codeblock>
- </answer>
- </faqentry>
- </chapter>
+ </chapter>
<chapter filename="comp-general">
<!-- FAQs in comp-general are coded into VirtPackage.pm
Do not rename, remove, or otherwise cause the URL to change. -->

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