Comments on: Mac OS X Leopard http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/ Wesley R. Elsberry's personal weblog, talking about falconry, science, antievolution, computation, and the broken body he lives in. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-179432 Austringer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:19:25 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-179432 I tracked down the problem to an invalid "/usr/local/lib" symbolic link: it linked back to itself, meaning that nothing that needed a library out of /usr/local/lib could run. That included gnuplot. A few seconds of Googling and following links got me to <a href="http://scsibug.com/2007/10/27/leopard-breaks-usrlocallib/" rel="nofollow">this page</a>, which confirmed the course of action I was leaning towards anyway. This is an apparent bug in the Leopard upgrade process. I tracked down the problem to an invalid “/usr/local/lib” symbolic link: it linked back to itself, meaning that nothing that needed a library out of /usr/local/lib could run. That included gnuplot.

A few seconds of Googling and following links got me to this page, which confirmed the course of action I was leaning towards anyway. This is an apparent bug in the Leopard upgrade process.

]]> By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-179144 Austringer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:54:09 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-179144 I'm doing updates on both MacPorts and Fink to see if I can get a path back to reinstallation of gnuplot. There seems to be some library confusion in the wake of the upgrade. I’m doing updates on both MacPorts and Fink to see if I can get a path back to reinstallation of gnuplot. There seems to be some library confusion in the wake of the upgrade.

]]> By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-178937 Austringer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:27:04 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-178937 My "gnuplot" intallation was a casualty of the upgrade. "gri" seems to have passed through the upgrade unscathed. My “gnuplot” intallation was a casualty of the upgrade. “gri” seems to have passed through the upgrade unscathed.

]]> By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-178709 Austringer Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:47:56 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-178709 I don't know about that... when I tried to upgrade Xubuntu to the "Gutsy Gibbon" release on my laptop, I did run into a problem and had to reinstall from scratch. I keep getting the "it's not quite there" feeling from various Linux distros, and I've been a cheerleader for Linux since 1993, when I first put a distribution set of files on my dial-up bulletin board. My servers run FreeBSD, but my usual upgrade path there usually involves a change of hard drive to larger capacity, so I also usually just make a fresh install on the new drive. I don’t know about that… when I tried to upgrade Xubuntu to the “Gutsy Gibbon” release on my laptop, I did run into a problem and had to reinstall from scratch. I keep getting the “it’s not quite there” feeling from various Linux distros, and I’ve been a cheerleader for Linux since 1993, when I first put a distribution set of files on my dial-up bulletin board.

My servers run FreeBSD, but my usual upgrade path there usually involves a change of hard drive to larger capacity, so I also usually just make a fresh install on the new drive.

]]> By: Karen http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-178404 Karen Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:44:42 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/17/mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-178404 Sounds like a normal Linux upgrade, though. Sounds like a normal Linux upgrade, though.

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