[rw]

When I try to run the "fink selfupdate" command, I get this error: "execution of su failed, exit code 1". If I try to run the command "cvs -z3 update -d -P" from the Terminal (which is what Fink was trying to do when su failed), I get this: "cvs update: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option". Anybody know what's going on here?

Thanks.

[butter71]

Originally posted by rw:
When I try to run the "fink selfupdate" command, I get this error: "execution of su failed, exit code 1". If I try to run the command "cvs -z3 update -d -P" from the Terminal (which is what Fink was trying to do when su failed), I get this: "cvs update: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option". Anybody know what's going on here?

Thanks.

to answer your second question, the cvs update is failing because it is not being run in the right directory. it looks for a directory called "CVS" in your cwd that has repository info in it. otherwise, it wants you to specify that info on the command line with -d.

the fink cvs server was down for a while. i'd suggest trying again first.

if it's still not working for you, try running the cvs manually in the fink directory.

> cd /sw/fink
> cvs -z3 update -d -P

[rw]

Thanks! the selfupdate still won't work, but cvs runs fine from the fink directory.

[butter71]

Originally posted by rw:
Thanks! the selfupdate still won't work, but cvs runs fine from the fink directory.

did you originally run the selfupdate as a different user?