Re-installation fails, symlink/permissions error

I installed fink, and decided to go with the unstable
packages so I
could use mplayer.  This didn't work well, mplayer failed to
compile..
=(  So I decided to try again, and rm -r'd my sw directory.

Reinstalling kept giving me symlink/permission errors, even
after
multiple reboots, admin-user changes, and disk permission
repairs.
Then I found the post below from Martin, and it fixed my
problem.  Can
the FAQ maintainer please add this to the FAQ?  I'm sure I'm
not the
only one who will be bit by this.. =)

David wrote:
> First I need to admit that I am not all that
comfortable with "command
> line interface", that said, here is my issue. I
downloaded Fink then
> for reasons that are not important, I uninstalled Fink.
When I attempt
> to re-install Fink I get the message that it will not
install on my
> drive (the only one I have) because "cannot
perform symlink test on this
> volume because of a permissions problem". I am
then told to run the
> disk utility and "repair permissions". I have
done this numerous time
> with no success.

Anyway, for being absolutely sure about this, please show
the output of
the command

ls -lad /

If it does not start with "drwxrwxr-t", but rather
with "drwxr-xr-x"
(note the absence of the second "w"), then run

sudo chmod 1775 /

and try the installer again.

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You're not; the reasons that it occurs aren't clear yet,
though.

On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:13 PM, jdelisle wrote:

> I installed fink, and decided to go with the unstable
packages so I
> could use mplayer.  This didn't work well, mplayer
failed to compile..
> =(  So I decided to try again, and rm -r'd my sw
directory.
>
> Reinstalling kept giving me symlink/permission errors,
even after
> multiple reboots, admin-user changes, and disk
permission repairs.
> Then I found the post below from Martin, and it fixed
my problem.  Can
> the FAQ maintainer please add this to the FAQ?  I'm
sure I'm not the
> only one who will be bit by this.. =)
>
> David wrote:
>> First I need to admit that I am not all that
comfortable with  
>> "command
>> line interface", that said, here is my issue.
I downloaded Fink then
>> for reasons that are not important, I uninstalled
Fink. When I  
>> attempt
>> to re-install Fink I get the message that it will
not install on my
>> drive (the only one I have) because "cannot
perform symlink test on  
>> this
>> volume because of a permissions problem". I am
then told to run the
>> disk utility and "repair permissions". I
have done this numerous time
>> with no success.
>
> Anyway, for being absolutely sure about this, please
show the output  
> of
> the command
>
> ls -lad /
>
> If it does not start with "drwxrwxr-t", but
rather with "drwxr-xr-x"
> (note the absence of the second "w"), then
run
>
> sudo chmod 1775 /
>
> and try the installer again.
>
> -- 
> Martin
>

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On Aug 31, 2008, at 6:37 PM, jdelisle wrote:

> Martin was 100% correct - the permissions on / were as
he thought
> they'd be, and once changed, all was well.
>
>

Right, but it doesn't happen all of the time:  I had 755
permissions  
on one of my computers, and the installer was OK, whereas on
another  
computer I had the error and had to change them to 775.

It might be the case that this only occurs when there is a
receipt for  
a prior Fink install.  The machine where I didn't have a
problem was  
brand new when I installed Fink, whereas on the other one I
had moved  
my Fink tree out of the way to test the installer out.

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