Daan Meerburg wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> FInk can't self update. I get the following error:
>
> I*nformation about 3997 packages read in 0 seconds.*
> *The following 12 packages will be installed or updated:*
> * gst-plugins-base-0.10 gst-plugins-base-0.10-dev
> gst-plugins-base-0.10-shlibs gstreamer-0.10 gstreamer-0.10-dev
> gstreamer-0.10-shlibs liboil-0.3 liboil-0.3-shlibs libvorbis0*
> * libvorbis0-shlibs pixman pixman-shlibs*
> *The following 2 additional packages will be installed:*
> * flex-devel help2man*
> *Do you want to continue? [Y/n] *
> *Setting runtime build-lock...*
> *dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1
> /sw/src/fink.build*
> *dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1' in
> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb'.*
> *Installing build-lock package...*
> */sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb*
> *(Reading database ... /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb
> (--install):*
> * files list file for package `app-defaults' is missing final newline*
> *Errors were encountered while processing:*
> * 
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb*
> *Processing was halted because there were too many errors.*
> *### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1*
> *Can't set build lock for help2man (1.29-1)*
> *
> *
> *If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages
> or missing dependencies -- for example, telling you that the package
> fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 conflicts with*
> *something else -- fink has probably gotten confused by trying  to
> build many packages at once. Try building just this current package
> help2man (i.e, "fink build help2man"). 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-help2man-1.29-1 >/dev/null*
> *dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove
> fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 which isn't installed.*
> *Failed: buildlock failure*
>
> I had a crash (quite severe) and I needed to apply a disk recovery
> which may have led to some files being deleted. I do have a backup in
> time machine, but I am not sure what files to recover. I tried
> recovering app-defaults dir, but that did not  work (i get the exact
> same error). Any idea, if possible I would want to avoid a complete
> re-install of fink.
> kind regards
> daan
>
>
>
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> Drs. P. D. Meerburg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> API Office F 3.29
> ITF Office V.K/J 3.54
> University of Amsterdam
>
>
>

Your severe crash appears to have corrupted the "files list file" (i.e.
the contents file) for the app-defaults package.  This is covered in the
FAQ:

http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#bad-list-file

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