Check and see whether /sw/var/lib/dpkg/availble-old is good (It should look similar to your new /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status). If so, then copy it over /sw/var/lib/dpkg/available . -- 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: > That seems to have worked, but when it goes to update a package > (after running update-all as suggested), I get this: > > >Information about 940 packages read in 0 seconds. > > > >The following package will be installed or updated: > > dict > >dpkg -i > >>/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/dict_1.7.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > >dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: > > field name `rai' must be followed by colon > >### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 > >Failed: can't install package dict-1.7.1-1 > > I tried updating another package an got a similar response. I tried a > third (xpilot) and it seemed to compile okay, but at the end I got: > > >Writing control file... > >mkdir -p /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/games > >dpkg-deb -b root-xpilot-4.5.4-1 > >/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/games > >dpkg-deb: building package `xpilot' in > >>`/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/games/xpilot_4.5.4-1_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > >ln -sf > >>/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/games/xpilot_4.5.4-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > >/sw/fink/debs/ > >rm -rf /sw/src/root-xpilot-4.5.4-1 > >dpkg -i > >>/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/games/xpilot_4.5.4-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > >dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: > > field name `rai' must be followed by colon > >### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 > >Failed: can't install package xpilot-4.5.4-1 > > From one problem to the next it seems... > > Philip > > At 6:57 PM -0500 1/18/03, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >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. 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