gross error

[John B Brown]

On 7/7/10 4:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 19:12, John B Brown wrote:
>
>> 	So, after reinstalling the install disc OS, and X11, Xcode and other apps from the install disc, I installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
>
> Why not 10.6.4?
>

	Because I use Firefox and Thunderbird and the latest problems I had led 
me to think it was 10.6.4 that stopped the Adobe Flash plug-in from 
showing any graphics. Lots of audio, no graphics. I have further 
experimented and now use 10.6.4 with Firefox-3.5.2 and an old flash 
install pkg to get video on my browser. Apparently some 'improvement' 
from Adobe combined with some 'improvement' from mozilla lost me my 
browser video; I think all these late iMacs use the same NVIDIA chip. 
The new 'improvement' from Adobe even stops graphics on Firefox-3.5.2. 
Why does that happen? Hmm? Is this another round of OS wars or...?

	Nothing is ever that simple.

>
>> and 'Xcode 3.2.2' and 'Xcode 3.2.2 and iPhoneSDK 3.2.2'
>
> You really only need one or the other, depending on whether you want to do iPhone development or not.
>

	Xcode-3.2.2 came in automatically on the software update. I had 
searched out the combination update on Apple.com.

>
>> using disc images downloaded from Apple.com.
>>
>> 	Then I tried to uninstall MacPorts following the http://guide.macports.org/ 2.5. Uninstall directions. UGH!
>>
>> jbb at pinball3:~
>> (16): % sudo port -f uninstall installed
>> error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
>
>
>> 	Might I now wipe that /opt/local tree? Should I have wiped the /opt/X11 tree before doing any of this? They were both installed when Mac OS X 10.6.4 was running. Am I truly screwed?
>
> What is /opt/X11? Is that Xquartz? I know it's not part of Mac OS X or MacPorts.
>

	My statement does not imply XQuartz is MacPorts. It asks if XQuartz 
will affect MacPorts by implication.

>
> The Guide says "If you need to uninstall MacPorts, **and your port command is functioning**, first uninstall all the installed ports" (emphasis mine). Since your port command is not functioning, you can proceed to the subsequent steps ("save your configuration files (most are in ${prefix}/etc), databases, or any other unique data by moving it aside" and "To remove all remaining traces of MacPorts, run the following command").
>

	My port command was not functioning. I wiped /opt except the 
/opt/schily tree. My /opt tree now looks like this;

jbb at pinball3:~
(3): % ls /opt
./	../	schily/

	I'll stop getting entangled with functional anomalies in MacPorts. Any 
UNIX/Linux utilities I want I'll modify for myself to work on my iMac. 
There's a /usr/local here for a purpose; that's where the gnu utilities 
go automatically.

>
>

	Shalom,

	John B. Brown.
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