On 12/4/05, Chip G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I lost my connection while doing an update. When I re-established my > connection I got a build error (using "fink update-all"). It said to try > building just that piece (using "fink build xfree86"). I performed that and > got the same error message. Below is the text of the message. How do I force > it to reset things and try again? > > > 10:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (.151M)(62.45% 47% )] $ fink build xfree86 > Information about 1931 packages read in 2 seconds. > The following package will be built: > xfree86 > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24 > /sw/src/fink.build > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24' in > `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24_2005.12.04-10.58.42_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > Setting build lock... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24_2005.12.04-10.58.42_darwin-powerpc.deb > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 905 package > `fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24': > missing version > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 > Can't set build lock for xfree86 (4.5.0-24) > > If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages or > missing dependencies -- for example, telling you that the package > fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-24 conflicts with something else -- fink has > probably gotten confused by trying to build many packages at once. Try > building > just this current package xfree86 (i.e, "fink build xfree86"). When that has > completed successfully, you could retry whatever you did that led to the > present error. > > Regardless of the cause of the lock failure, don't worry: you have not > wasted compiling time! Packages that had been completely built before this > error > occurred will not have to be recompiled. > Failed: buildlock failure > 10:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (.151M)(62.45% 47% )] $ > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- Chip > >
That error is covered in the FAQ: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en#dpkg-parse-error -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
