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$ 
>
>
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