Fink FAQ has an entry about the dpkg status file. dan
Marc Margolies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I am running into build lock failures... > Is there some kind of work around? > Here's an example. > Thanks, > Marc > >> p1:~ marc$ fink install xboard >> Information about 7239 packages read in 1 seconds. >> The package 'xboard' will be built and installed. >> Reading dependency for xboard-4.2.7-1... >> Reading build dependency for xboard-4.2.7-1... >> Reading build conflict for xboard-4.2.7-1... >> The following package will be installed or updated: >> xboard >> Setting runtime build-lock... >> dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1 >> /sw/src/fink.build >> dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1' in >> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1_2008.10.23-23.53.28_darwin-i >> 386.deb'. >> Installing build-lock package... >> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i >> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1_2008.10.23-23.53.28_darwin-i3 >> 86.deb >> dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 3688 package >> `fink-buildlock-libxml2-2.6.32-1': >> missing version >> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 >> Can't set build lock for xboard (4.2.7-1) >> >> If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages or >> missing dependencies -- for example, telling you that the package >> fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1 conflicts with something else -- fink has >> probably gotten confused by trying to build many packages at once. Try >> building just this current package xboard (i.e, "fink build xboard"). 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. >> >> See http://wiki.finkproject.org/index.php/Fink:buildlocks for more >> information. >> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-xboard-4.2.7-1 >/dev/null >> dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 3688 package >> `fink-buildlock-libxml2-2.6.32-1': >> missing version >> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 >> Failed: buildlock failure >> p1:~ marc$ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
