On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>
> You didn't specify your platform or your _current_ version of fink, but this
> looks like the result of an issue which was introduced in fink-0.36.3 that
> affects only 10.6/i386, and which was fixed in fink-0.36.3.1. Unfortunately,
> this particular issue blocks the ability to build any packages.
>
> You can work around this issue by editing /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait and
> /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait as an administrator and changing the line in each
> that says
>
> my $struct_flock = pack("qqiss", 0, 0, 0, F_WRLCK, SEEK_SET);
>
> to
>
> my $struct_flock = pack("lllliss", (0, 0), (0, 0), 0, F_WRLCK, SEEK_SET);
>
> After you do that, you should be able to install fink-0.36.3.1 and other
> packages.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
Thanks Alexander. Sorry for not including the platform, etc. But you were
correct about the platform and all. Your changes worked like a charm.
Thanks again,
Rick
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