Whenever I used fink I got a message about two files missing (something about the package index, I guess). It told me to run apt-get update. It didn’t help. Considered running a self-update. Realized that the latest fink doesn’t work with OSX 10.3.9 (Panther) – it requires 10.4.x (Tiger).
Thought long and hard.
Gnashed teeth.
Moved the fink tree away, and took a long look at DarwinPorts.
Downloaded the disk image. Found that the disk image works only for Tiger. Downloaded the source. Built it. Did a selfupdate.
Finally I was able to do what I wanted to do:
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