On 4/4/07, Prachi Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> Thanks for responding to my questions promptly.
> As you suggested I ran self-update
> odouls:~ prachi$ fink selfupdate-rsync
> and then update-all
> odouls:~ prachi$ fink update-all
>
> That did successfully update the fink software, but the problem is
> still persistent.
> Also, my fink distribution is 0.8.1.
> odouls:~ prachi$ fink --version
> Package manager version: 0.26.4
> Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync powerpc
>
> Is there anything I missed?
>
> Thanks
> Prachi
>
>

Ah.  I posted a message on the list, forgetting to cc you, with an
answer to the problem.  If you run

sudo env PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB dpkg --configure xml-sax-pm586

that should fix it.

> On 4/4/07, Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 4/3/07, Prachi Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have a problem when trying to install xml-sax-pm586 package using
> > > fink on Mac OSX. I read through the email thread at the archives at
> > > http://www.archivesat.com/Fink_users_discussion_and_support_/thread1213832.htm
> > > that discusses the same exact error. The solution in the email archive
> > > is to make sure init.sh is sourced correctly. I have a line in my
> > > .profile which says '. /sw/bin/init.sh' and there is no .bash_profile
> > > file, so it should be sourced correctly. I also manually sourced
> > > init.sh and tried to install, but still gives me the same error.  Any
> > > other ideas?
> > >
> > > Below is my command and the exact error message. I am running Mac OSX
> > > 10.4.9 and fink version 0.24.22
> > >
> > > Thanks for all your help,
> > > Prachi
> > >
> > > P.S. I am not subscribed to the mailing list so please make sure my
> > > email address is in To or CC on your replies.
> > >
> > >
> > > prachi$  sudo apt-get install xml-sax-pm586
> > > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > > Sorry, xml-sax-pm586 is already the newest version.
> > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12  not upgraded.
> > > 4 packages not fully installed or removed.
> > > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> > > Setting up xml-sax-pm586 (0.13-2) ...
> > > Can't locate XML/SAX.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> > > /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> > > /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6
> > > /Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.6
> > > /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> > > /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Network/Library/Perl
> > > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> > > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at
> > > /sw/sbin/update-perl586-sax-parsers line 16.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> > > /sw/sbin/update-perl586-sax-parsers line 16.
> > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xml-sax-pm586 (--configure):
> > >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of 
> > > xml-filter-buffertext-pm586:
> > >  xml-filter-buffertext-pm586 depends on xml-sax-pm586 (>= 0.12-6); 
> > > however:
> > >   Package xml-sax-pm586 is not configured yet.
> > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xml-filter-buffertext-pm586 (--configure):
> > >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xml-sax-writer-pm586:
> > >  xml-sax-writer-pm586 depends on xml-sax-pm586; however:
> > >   Package xml-sax-pm586 is not configured yet.
> > >  xml-sax-writer-pm586 depends on xml-filter-buffertext-pm586; however:
> > >   Package xml-filter-buffertext-pm586 is not configured yet.
> > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xml-sax-writer-pm586 (--configure):
> > >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bioperl-pm586:
> > >  bioperl-pm586 depends on xml-sax-pm586; however:
> > >   Package xml-sax-pm586 is not configured yet.
> > >  bioperl-pm586 depends on xml-sax-writer-pm586; however:
> > >   Package xml-sax-writer-pm586 is not configured yet.
> > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing bioperl-pm586 (--configure):
> > >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  xml-sax-pm586
> > >  xml-filter-buffertext-pm586
> > >  xml-sax-writer-pm586
> > >  bioperl-pm586
> > > E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> >
> > The message you quoted was from last year.  There's a new problem that
> > causes the same symptom--the sudo security update for OS 10.4.9.
> >
> > You need to update to a newer version of the fink package, via a
> > selfupdate with rsync or cvs.  If that doesn't update your fink
> > package, then run "fink --version" and see if the Distribution is
> > still 0.8.0.  If that is indeed the case you're on the deprecated
> > 10.4-transitional tree and you'll need to update your distribution,
> > e.g. using the update script linked via
> >
> > http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/#2006-07-24%20Reminder%3A%20%2210.4-transitional%22%20Tree%20Unsupported%20on%20August%201st%2C%202006
> > --
> > Alexander K. Hansen
> > (akh)
> > Fink User Liason and Documenter
> >
>


-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink User Liaison and Documenter

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