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List:       fink-beginners
Subject:    Re: [Fink-beginners] Xinitrc-1.5-103 install failure
From:       Hanspeter Niederstrasser <fink () snaggledworks ! com>
Date:       2021-06-24 11:44:39
Message-ID: 412040c2-d46b-4820-333a-379a481b7306 () snaggledworks ! com
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On 6/22/21 8:03 PM, Aric Newton wrote:
> Hi Fink Maintainers,
> 
> I am trying to install a package (Gnuplot) whose installation fails because it \
> can't find the package emacs whose installation attempts mostly fail because it \
> can't install xinitrc-1.5-103.  I say "mostly" because emacsen is the virtual \
> package that gives the user seven options for emacs.  Five of the seven options \
> fail because fink can't install xinitrc-1.5-103.  The details of the error message \
> associated with xinitrc-1.5-103 are: 
> Reading buildlock packages...
> /opt/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i \
> /opt/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/x11/xinitrc_1.5-103_darwin-x86_64.deb
>  (Reading database ... 131292 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xinitrc 1.5-103 (using .../xinitrc_1.5-103_darwin-x86_64.deb) \
> ... Unpacking replacement xinitrc ...
> Setting up xinitrc (1.5-103) ...
> The directory /opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit is missing.
> update-sys-xinitrc can not continue without this file.
> /opt/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xinitrc (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> xinitrc
> ### execution of /opt/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package xinitrc-1.5-103

This is a known problem with Xquartz-2.8 that changed an install path in 
a backwards incompatible way.

https://github.com/fink/xinitrc/issues/1
https://github.com/fink/xinitrc/pull/4

Hanspeter

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