I have this error message:
Failed: Internal error: node for xfree86-base already exists
After a lot of wrangling and research, it looks like my fink installation is wedged in such a way as to prevent me doing further updates: I have packages installed for which newer versions exist but they are never updated when I update from CVS.
And no one on the fink team can identify the problem or suggest solutions: “do it again” seems the most common refrain, followed closely “it works for me, it’s your problem.”
I have lobbied for fink to become the default packaging system for OS X going forward, but perhaps it’s not as fully-baked as I thought it was.
This is the only page Google can find on this topic: I feel so special.
The handwringing continues: I’ve gotten some private email that suggests I’m too sarcastic or (wait for it) my delivery obscures my message. <SARCASM>Gee, I’ve never heard that before.</SARCASM>.
But I got a message from someone else who says he’s new to the list and the whole UNIX thing, but he may have a solution. Fancy that: perhaps he a. actually read my postings, and b. had the same problem. Wonder why the old hands don’t ever have issues like this?