Dear Alexander,
Thank you for the very quick reply, I really appreciate it. I tried
looking in the package database file, but failed to identify an entry that
matched the offending package indicated by the error. I will look again
more carefully for sure. A few questions:
- Am I correct that the package database file keeps track of all packages
that have been installed completely/successfully? Under what circumstances
would a package entry read 'not-installed'?
- is there harm (in general) in changing a package's listed status from
'installed' to 'not-installed'? Is it just the case that the package would
be overwritten? What I'm thinking is whether I can try changing any
package entries in the database file that might be suspect to the
'not-installed' status, or will this cause problems if I change the wrong
entry.
- in the event that I am unable to fix the problem going through the
package database file and changing the status entries, what output would be
helpful to see? I sent the last several printed lines of the output. Is
there something in particular I should look for to help?
Thanks again,
-Andy
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Alexander Hansen <
alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/12 2:58 PM, Ski2race1 wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to install fink on 64-bit 10.7 and I run into the
> following
> > error when running 'sudo fink selfupdate':
>
> Normally, don't use "sudo" before "fink".
>
> >
> > [snip]
> > sent 287 bytes received 101886 bytes 15718.92 bytes/sec
> > total size is 11327083 speedup is 110.86
> > Scanning package description files..........
> > Information about 6225 packages read in 1 seconds.
> > The package 'fink' will be built and installed.
> > Reading build dependency for fink-0.34.4-71...
> > Reading dependency for fink-0.34.4-71...
> > Reading runtime dependency for fink-0.34.4-71...
> > Reading build conflict for fink-0.34.4-71...
> > The following package will be installed or updated:
> > fink
> > Setting runtime build-lock...
> > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-0.34.4-71
> > /sw/src/fink.build
> > ### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code 11
> > Failed: can't create package fink-buildlock-fink-0.34.4-71
> > [/snip]
> >
> > I've been unable to find out anything useful about 'exit code 11' and
> > researching errors pertaining to 'buildlock' hasn't produced useful
> > information for my case. Any ideas what causes this issue?
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> > -Andy T.
> >
> >
> >
>
> My guess is that the cause is mentioned in what you snipped.
>
> Typically, buildlock issues are due to inconsistencies in the installed
> package database file ( /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status ), and the offending
> line of that gets reported (actually, what is reported is usually a
> little off of the real line).
>
> If such a thing is present in your output, then edit
> /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status as a superuser, go to the line your error
> mentions, and change the nearest (probably a buildlock-*) package's
> Status line from
>
> Status: purge ok installed
>
> to
>
> Status: purge ok not-installed
>
> Otherwise, we'll need to see more of your output.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
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