OK. You should be able to try sudo cp /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status
and then try updating again. -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Philip Trauring wrote: > I got: > > >Package: lame-shlibs > >Status: install ok installed > >Maintainer: Sylvain Cuaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Source: lame-shlibs > >Version: 3.92-4 > >Replaces: lame > >Description: MP3 encoder and graphical frame analyzer > > LAME (LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is a research project for learning about > > and improving MP3 encoding technoligy. LAME includes an mp3 encoding > > library, simple front end application, a much-improved psycho-acoustic > > Philip > > At 3:30 PM -0500 1/17/03, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >Hmm. it looks like the file got corrupted somehow. It should have showed > >something like this (from my system): > >... > >[ldx3:var/lib/dpkg] hansen% head status > >Package: qt3 > >Status: install ok installed > >Maintainer: Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Source: qt3 > >Version: 3.1.1-3 > >Replaces: qt, qt2, qt3-doc, qt3-bin, qt3-dev > >Provides: qt3-bin > >Depends: qt3-shlibs, qt3-designer, qt3-linguist, qt3-doc > >Suggests: libpng3, libjpeg, freetype2 > >Conflicts: qt, qt2 > >... > >Try "head /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old" > >-- > >Alexander K. Hansen > >Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > >visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > >Levitated Dipole Experiment > >175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > >Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > >On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Philip Trauring wrote: > > > >> All I got was: > >> > >> emboi^tab > >> > >> Philip > >> > >> At 1:06 PM -0500 1/17/03, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> >Let's see what the file looks like. Post (on-list) the results of doing > > > > > > > >head /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Alexander K. Hansen > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your > clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. > Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
