Okay, thanks. I'll perhaps try that, but it'll take a while to walk up that dependency tree, with the number of packages I have installed... ;-)
Thanks again for the help. Todd On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Todd Krause wrote: > >> >> Okay, thanks for the help. >> >> But I don't quite understand what you mean with the -pmXXX versions. I >> haven't checked those, but I gather you're suggesting that, where I have >> doubles, I can uninstall the earlier versions? What does the "pm" refer >> to? >> >> Best, >> Todd > > Right. Quoting from the output as an example: > > xml-sax-expat-pm586 xml-sax-expat-pm588 > > It may be a little more complicated than just removing the packages--you > might have to walk up the dependency tree. It's not impossible that > something really does want the pm586 version, too. > > pm means "Perl module". On Leopard anything with a -pm588 uses the Perl that > is built in to your system, while anything with a -pm586 uses a Perl-5.8.6 > package provided by Fink. > >> >> >> On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >>> I'd recommend just going through the packages singly, then. >>> >>> Unrelated: there's nothing _wrong_ with having both the -pm586 and >>> -pm588 versions of packages, but it's extra overhead. >>> >>> Todd Krause wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Alexander, >>>> >>>> I had actually run selfupdate just before running update-all, in fact >>>> each time I tried the latter. Unfortunately it didn't seem to help. >>>> >>>> As for why one package over the other, I have no particular reason. >>>> The simple truth is I'm not exactly sure what those are or do; they >>>> are merely ancillary to other packages I have installed on my system. >>>> In particular, when I run update-all, it says it will update the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> The following 17 packages will be installed or updated: >>>> cyrus-sasl2-dev cyrus-sasl2-shlibs dbus dbus-dev dbus-shlibs gnuplot >>>> graphviz graphviz-shlibs python25 python25-shlibs scientificpython-py25 >>>> wxgtk2.8 wxgtk2.8-shlibs xml-sax-expat-pm586 xml-sax-expat-pm588 >>>> xml-sax-pm586 xml-sax-pm588 >>>> The following 2 additional packages will be installed: >>>> db44-aes libtool14 >>>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] >>>> >>>> In essence what *I* use among these are the packages with python in >>>> the name and gnuplot; the rest appears to me stuff behind the curtain >>>> installed automatically to make things work. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Todd >>>> >>>> On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Todd Krause wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I was trying to run fink's update-all (on MacBook Pro with OS >>>>>> 10.5.6), and >>>>>> I ran into an issue with inconsistent dependencies. The output >>>>>> suggests >>>>>> >>>>>> fix things by running: >>>>>> >>>>>> fink scanpackages >>>>>> sudo apt-get update >>>>>> sudo apt-get install db44-aes=4.4.20-1002 >>>>>> >>>>>> which I did, and ultimately received the following output: >>>>>> >>>>>> 11:23 AM btpro:~> sudo apt-get install db44-aes=4.4.20-1002 >>>>>> Reading Package Lists... Done >>>>>> Building Dependency Tree... Done >>>>>> The following packages will be REMOVED: >>>>>> db47 >>>>>> The following NEW packages will be installed: >>>>>> db44-aes >>>>>> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not >>>>>> upgraded. >>>>>> Need to get 0B/2095kB of archives. After unpacking 5202kB will be used. >>>>>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y >>>>>> (Reading database ... 110769 files and directories currently >>>>>> installed.) >>>>>> Removing db47 ... >>>>>> Selecting previously deselected package db44-aes. >>>>>> (Reading database ... 110758 files and directories currently >>>>>> installed.) >>>>>> Unpacking db44-aes (from .../db44-aes_4.4.20-1002_darwin-i386.deb) ... >>>>>> Setting up db44-aes (4.4.20-1002) ... >>>>>> >>>>>> But when I try update-all again, I get the following right at the >>>>>> beginning: >>>>>> >>>>>> Selecting previously deselected package db47. >>>>>> dpkg: considering removing db44-aes in favour of db47 ... >>>>>> dpkg: yes, will remove db44-aes in favour of db47. >>>>>> (Reading database ... 110773 files and directories currently >>>>>> installed.) >>>>>> Unpacking db47 (from .../db47_4.7.25-3_darwin-i386.deb) ... >>>>>> Setting up db47 (4.7.25-3) ... >>>>>> Setting runtime build-lock... >>>>>> dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.14.7-3 >>>>>> /sw/src/fink.build >>>>>> dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.14.7-3' in >>>>>> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.14.7-3_2009.03.07-11.26.00_darwin-i386.deb'. >>>>>> >>>>>> Installing build-lock package... >>>>>> >>>>>> Could someone please suggest how I might resolve this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks very much, >>>>>> Todd >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tail of update-all output: >>>>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>>>>> Removing fink-buildlock-libwww-pm586-5.825-1 ... >>>>>> Reading buildlock packages... >>>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i >>>>>> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-i386/libs/perlmods/libwww-pm586_5.825-1_darwin-i386.deb >>>>>> >>>>>> (Reading database ... 110805 files and directories currently >>>>>> installed.) >>>>>> Preparing to replace libwww-pm586 5.805-2 (using >>>>>> .../libwww-pm586_5.825-1_darwin-i386.deb) ... >>>>>> Unpacking replacement libwww-pm586 ... >>>>>> Setting up libwww-pm586 (5.825-1) ... >>>>>> >>>>>> Reading buildlock packages... >>>>>> Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies! >>>>>> >>>>>> Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be >>>>>> able >>>>>> to >>>>>> fix things by running: >>>>>> >>>>>> fink scanpackages >>>>>> sudo apt-get update >>>>>> sudo apt-get install db44-aes=4.4.20-1002 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> <snipping irrelevant stuff> >>>>> >>>>> You might want to selfupdate, if you haven't, since there's an ongoing >>>>> migration effort to move packages to db47. Otherwise the best advice I >>>>> have is _not_ to use update-all, because the dependency engine is >>>>> confused by having to deal with both db47 and db44-aes in your build >>>>> tree. >>>>> >>>>> Also: why use db47 and not db47-aes ? 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