On 11/21/12 10:00 PM, Andy Torelli wrote: > 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'?
When it had been installed at some point and then removed. The status file continues to track such packages until you run "fink cleanup --dpkg-status" to remove those. > - 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 general, you don't want to do this, yeah. :-) However, in the special case of packages that start with "fink-buildlock" it's OK because these packages don't actually install any files and only need to exist while you're running a build > - 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 > > Oh, those were the final lines? Nothing mentioning /sw/var/dpkg/status in the snipped text? If that's the case we may need to look elsewhere for a solution. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
