You're right-it's not good. I've posted a copy of my own libpng3.list at
http://web.mit.edu/akhansen/www/libpng3.list Try downloading it and moving it ('sudo mv') in place of your file. On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 12:38, Marc Boxerman wrote: > This definitely doesn't look right: > > > [santorini:~] marc% cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng3.list > > ><fontfamily><param>LastResort</param>�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z�Z</fontfamily>[santorini:~] > marc% > > > > Regarding permissions: I know that installers often play with > permissions. I ran Disk Utility and it found permissions problems and > corrected them. Perhaps the problem began there. > > > > On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 11:24 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > <excerpt> > > Try > > > cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng3.list > > > and see what you get. > > > Basically the problem is that the above file (libpng3.list) is > corrupted > > somehow, which maybe we can figure out the form of when you do the cat > on > > it. Unfortunately this locks dpkg up. > > > The problem with the .info files is due to permissions getting changed > on > > them. This typically happens if you modify them yourself. > > > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Marc Boxerman wrote: > > > <excerpt>Still no go. > > > Here's what I did, and the results: > > > The following package will be installed or updated: > > system-xfree86 > > dpkg -i > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system- > > xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb > > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system- > > xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > > files list file for package `libpng3' is missing final newline > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system- > > xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb > > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > > Failed: can't install package system-xfree86-4.2-5 > > > On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > <excerpt>Sorry, my bad. It should have been > > > ?cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng3.list > > > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 11:50, Marc Boxerman wrote: > > <excerpt>Thanks for a speedy reply. > > > I don't have good news for you regarding the cat command: > > > [santorini:~] marc% cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng.list > > cat: /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng.list: No such file or directory > > [santorini:~] marc% > > > When I first replied to your message I had not seen your cite to the > > Fink FAQ regarding the CVS error. I am in the process of deleting the > > problematic files, per the FAQ instructions, after which I'll run the > > selfupdate-cvs command again. Hopefully that will work and perhaps > > that will solve the 2nd problem as well. Still, I'm baffled as to > > what > > caused this mess. > > > I'll keep you updated. I have many files to delete so it may take 30 > > mins. > > > > On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 10:45 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > <excerpt>cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng.list > > </excerpt></excerpt>-- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > </excerpt> > > > </excerpt> > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > </excerpt> -- Alexander K. 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