Hmm... Since
/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages is just a text file, take a look at it with your favorite editor and see if you can find a place where it says "Section:" without having a package name in front of it; also do the same for /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status. Both have entries a format like the following: Package: seamonkey Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: crypto Installed-Size: 3236 Maintainer: The Gnome Core Team <[email protected]> Architecture: darwin-powerpc Source: seamonkey Version: 1.1.17-1 Depends: seamonkey-shlibs (= 1.1.17-1), atk1-shlibs (>= 1.26.0-1), cairo-shl ibs (>= 1.8-1), fontconfig2-shlibs (>= 2.4.1-1), freetype219-shlibs (>= 2.3. 8-2), glib2-shlibs (>= 2.20.0-1), gtk+2-shlibs (>= 2.16.0-1), libgettext3-sh libs, libidl2-shlibs (>= 0.8.13-1), pango1-xft2-ft219-shlibs (>= 1.24.0-1), x11-shlibs, darwin (>= 9-1) Conffiles: /sw/etc/seamonkey/prefs.js 390fc8e2051af0e57169607416ea09ac Description: WWW, chat, mail, news, calendar, a-book, etc seamonkey is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. . Web site: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ . Maintainer: The Gnome Core Team <[email protected]> BuildDependsOnly: Undefined Package: fink-buildlock-xcircuit-3.4.28-2 .... If you see a bare Section: entry, delete all the lines around it until you get to the package entries before and after, and then stop--leave a blank line between those. There might a Ian Kirker wrote: > Oh, I saw a whole bunch of /tmp/fink-build(numbers) flicked through > some of the contents, and assumed. > > And I moved > /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages > to the same with _old on the end. > > sudo apt-get update > got me a new copy (and, somewhat unsettlingly, deleted the _old file), > then I ran 'fink self-update', which gave me the same error message > (at the bottom of this mail) but also told me that fink scanpackages > might fix the problem, so I ran that and it gave me the same error > again. > > Thanks for the tips on freeing more space. > > -Ian > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Alexander Hansen > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> (Fink doesn't do partial build stuff in /tmp) >> >> So what _exactly_ did you try? You removed >> >> /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages >> >> but how did you try to get a new copy? "fink scanpackages"? >> >> >> >> Once you're fixed back up, you might also want to run "fink cleanup" to >> free up some more space; and you can remove any partial builds from >> /sw/src/fink.build with no deleterious effects. >> Removing non-obsolete .deb files and sources is also possible, but you >> may encounter some annoyances later if you do that. >> >> > > >>> Reading Package Lists... >>> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header >>> E: Problem with MergeList >>> /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages >>> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. >>> ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100 >>> WARNING: Failure while updating indexes. >>> Running 'fink scanpackages' may fix indexing problems. >>> Scanning package description files.......... >>> Information about 9469 packages read in 2 seconds. >>> No packages to install. >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
