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
> 
> 
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> 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. 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


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