ATTN : Fink Users, don't install Virex 7.2...

[sao]

POSTED HERE ONLY AS AN ANNOUNCMENT AND WARNING!!

For further discussion, visit this thread (http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9218) on the Unix General forum.

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From the news at the Fink Web site:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/

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The Virex 7.2 package, currently being distributed free to all .Mac members, has a serious conflict with Fink.

Fink users should not install Virex 7.2 under any circumstances.

Installing it after Fink is installed will damage your Fink installation; installing it prior to Fink will make it impossible to install Fink without damaging Virex.

This bug has been reported to Virex's manufacturer. We will keep the Fink community informed about the situation as it develops.
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Virex 7.2, free to all .mac members installs:

/Volumes/Virex 7.2.dmg/Virex 7.2.pkg 328 % lsbom Contents/Resources/Virex\ 7.2.bom | grep sw
./sw 40775 0/80
./sw/lib 40775 0/80
./sw/lib/libcrypto.0.9.6.dylib 100644 0/80 945416 3192711062
./sw/lib/libcurl.2.0.2.dylib 100644 0/80 634480 510417796
./sw/lib/libcurl.2.dylib 100644 0/80 634480 510417796
./sw/lib/libdl.0.dylib 100644 0/80 15124 4193639260
./sw/lib/libssl.0.9.6.dylib 100644 0/80 261776 3001832603
Found out on IRC, also someone noticed on the mcafee site.

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=6318&sid=33d08f3c34f7e09dc546aa1ddf1c299c

There's also a discussion on Apple's .mac board (discussions.info.apple.com):

at: Systems Software Discussions-->.Mac-->Anti-Virus-->Topic: "sw" folder owned by root?????

http://discussions.info.apple.com/

Quoting Ben Hines:

"1. However this is very bad, because now fink users who install Virex will have their fink libraries overwritten.

2. Also, now every Virex user has a /sw/lib folder in their root. Fink won't install if it finds a /sw folder. They'll have to remove it to install fink later.

3. If fink is ever removed, Virex will break, because the /sw folder (and the libraries in it) will be gone. dynamic libraries must stay around, or the app won't launch."

[UltraNurd]

I think I installed Virex and then fink, and I haven't found any noticeable problems...

[sao]

UltraNerd wrote:
I think I installed Virex and then fink, and I haven't found any noticeable problems...
I don't think you installed Virex-7.2 first, and then Fink, because Fink won't install if it finds a /sw folder already in your HD.

Just to double check which version of Virex did you installed, the new Virex-7.2 downloadable for free from .Mac?

Virex-7.2 has a severe bug in Virex which will break both virex and fink.

If you have fink, do *NOT* install Virex 7.2!

If you have Virex 7.2, you will HAVE to uninstall it to use fink!

[bassi]

I just installed it on my work machine with Fink already installed. What bunch of crap. What can I do now? Uninstall Virex, reinstall Fink?
I only did it out of curiosity. What was that saying again? I'm so bloody annoyed with myself.

[sao]

bassi,

I posted a solution in the following thread at the Unix-forum:

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9218

[sao]

From the news at the Fink web site:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/

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2003-04-16: Virex problem resolved

"McAfee has released Virex 7.2.1, which no longer overwrites the main Fink directory /sw. Fink users should continue to avoid Virex 7.2.

Early reports indicate that upgrading Virex from 7.2 to 7.2.1 still leaves some problems however.

If you upgrade Virex with Fink not installed, and subsequently wish to install Fink, you will need to delete the /sw directory by hand before installing.

And if you upgrade Virex with Fink already installed, you should immediately run:

'fink reinstall openssl-shlibs dlcompat-shlibs curl-ssl-shlibs'

to restore files which the Virex upgrade has deleted".

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