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On 8/11/10 2:29 PM, Brian Shilton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am setting up OS-X 10.6.4 Server, trying to bootstrap fink unsuccessfully 
> after numerous attempts. I have no idea what the problem is because we have 
> installed fink in this manner on our other machines (running non-server 10.6) 
> and we had even previously installed fink on the server but had to wipe the 
> disk and re-install everything; now I am having this problem.
> 
> The error is:
> 
> .......
> install -c -p -m 644 fink.shlibs 
> "/sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/DEBIAN/shlibs"
> /bin/rm -f /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/info/dir 
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/info/dir.old 
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/share/info/dir 
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/share/info/dir.old
> Writing control file...
> Writing package script postinst...
> Writing package script prerm...
> dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.29.10-51 
> /sw/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base
> dpkg-deb: building package `fink' in 
> `/sw/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb'.
> /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -i 
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package fink.
> (Reading database ... 60 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking fink (from .../fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
> /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg: error processing 
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb
>  (--install):
>  trying to overwrite `/._.', which is also in package base-files
> /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb
> ### execution of /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg failed, exit code 1
> can't install package fink-0.29.10-51
> 
> ERROR: Bootstrap phase 2 failed!
> 
> I found another posting on the internet mentioning a similar problem with the 
> "/._." file, and there was a recommended diagnostic to look for such a file 
> in the base set: 
> 
>> /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -L base-files
> /._.
> /.
> /._sw
> /sw
> /sw/._bin
> /sw/bin
> /sw/bin/._editor
> /sw/bin/editor
> /sw/bin/._init.csh
> /sw/bin/init.csh
> /sw/bin/._init.sh
> /sw/bin/init.sh
> /sw/bin/._pager
> /sw/bin/pager
> /sw/._etc
> /sw/etc
> /sw/etc/._profile.d
> /sw/etc/profile.d
> /sw/etc/profile.d/._dummy.sh
> /sw/etc/profile.d/dummy.sh
> /sw/._include
> /sw/include
> /sw/._lib
> /sw/lib
> /sw/lib/._perl5
> /sw/lib/perl5
> /sw/lib/perl5/._auto
> /sw/lib/perl5/auto
> /sw/lib/perl5/._darwin
> /sw/lib/perl5/darwin
> /sw/lib/perl5/darwin/._auto
> /sw/lib/perl5/darwin/auto
> /sw/._sbin
> /sw/sbin
> /sw/._share
> /sw/share
> /sw/share/._base-files
> /sw/share/base-files
> /sw/share/base-files/._dir-base
> /sw/share/base-files/dir-base
> /sw/share/._doc
> /sw/share/doc
> /sw/share/doc/._base-files
> /sw/share/doc/base-files
> /sw/share/doc/base-files/._COPYING
> /sw/share/doc/base-files/COPYING
> /sw/share/._info
> /sw/share/info
> /sw/share/._man
> /sw/share/man
> /sw/._src
> /sw/src
> /sw/._var
> /sw/var
> /sw/var/._log
> /sw/var/log
> /sw/var/._run
> /sw/var/run
> /sw/var/._spool
> /sw/var/spool
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> 

It's still a mystery, unfortunately.

When you had to wipe the disk, did you change the fileystem, too?  And
what filesystem are you using right now?
- -- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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