-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2/10/11 2:41 AM, j. helffrich wrote: > Hi, > Recently, after a selfupdate when I tried to update fink packages I got > this: > <snip>
> > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5260 package > `db48-aes': > missing version > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 > Failed: can't install package db44-aes-4.4.20-1008 > > ---------------------------- > also, noticed that I am having some sort of issue with the warning in the > first > line of output popping up--as in the output from selfupdate, which executing > 'sudo apt-get update' doesn't fix: > Right, because you have a broken status file, as per http://www.finkproject.org/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en#dpkg-parse-error and apt-get can't fix that (even though it says it can--it is what is actually reporting the warning). Post the entry in /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status at around line for db48-aes (around line 5260 as the error says), and we'll be able to see what edits need to be made. <snip> > W: Encountered status field in a non-version description > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems >> > > --------------------- > Thanks, > Jerry > Such breakage typically occurs when you have an untrappable error condition, such as the hard drive filling up during a build, the power getting shut off, or the process getting killed at an inopportune time. - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1T22cACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ+yGgCfZQnZA9qcxDcRveKsbfurZeKV 4JYAnRpN/mw5uo6gibz4G0TFwulk8GyB =YoWp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
