ok, so i tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sudo dpkg -r emacs /Users/albers 0 dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove emacs which isn't installed.
then i rebuilt emacssen-common which worked fine... [EMAIL PROTECTED] fink rebuild emacsen-common /Users/albers 0 Information about 4792 packages read in 2 seconds. The following package will be rebuilt: emacsen-common dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 /sw/src/fink.build dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2' in `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2_2005.08.02-19.26.19_darwin-powerpc.deb'. Setting build lock... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2_2005.08.02-19.26.19_darwin-powerpc.deb Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2. (Reading database ... 63322 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 (from .../fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2_2005.08.02-19.26.19_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... Setting up fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 (2005.08.02-19.26.19) ... gzip -dc /sw/src/emacsen-common_1.4.15.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf - --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions sed 's|@PREFIX@|/sw|g' </sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/editors/emacsen-common.patch | patch -p1 patching file 00debian-vars.el patching file debian-startup.el patching file emacs-install patching file emacs-package-install patching file emacsen-common.install patching file emacsen-common.remove patching file generate-install-list Default compiler has been set to: gcc version 4.0.0 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5026) perl -wc emacs-install emacs-install syntax OK perl -wc emacs-package-install emacs-package-install syntax OK perl -wc generate-install-list generate-install-list syntax OK /bin/rm -rf /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 /bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw /bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/DEBIAN /usr/sbin/chown -R root:admin /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/etc/emacs/site-start.d mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/etc/site-start.d mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/doc/emacsen-common mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/emacs/site-lisp install -m 644 site-start.el /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/etc/emacs/ install -m 644 00debian-vars.el /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/etc/emacs/site-start.d/00fink-vars.el install -m 755 emacs-install /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/ install -m 755 emacs-package-install /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/ (cd /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/; ln -s emacs-install emacs-remove) (cd /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/; ln -s emacs-package-install emacs-package-remove) install -m 755 generate-install-list /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/ install -m 644 debian-startup.el /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/emacs/site-lisp/fink-startup.el install -m 755 emacsen-common.install /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common install -m 755 emacsen-common.remove /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove/emacsen-common /usr/bin/install -d -m 755 /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/doc/emacsen-common /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 debian/changelog debian-emacs-policy debian/copyright /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/doc/emacsen-common/ /bin/rm -f /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/info/dir /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/fink.build/root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2/sw/share/info/dir.old Writing control file... Writing package script postinst... Writing package script prerm... Writing package script postrm... Writing conffiles list... dpkg-deb -b root-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors dpkg-deb: building package `emacsen-common' in `/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1.4.15-2_darwin-powerpc.deb'. Removing build lock... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 (Reading database ... 63323 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fink-buildlock-emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 ... then i tried to install emacs common and got: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fink install emacsen-common /Users/albers 1 Information about 4792 packages read in 2 seconds. The following package will be installed or updated: emacsen-common /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1.4.15-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (Reading database ... 63322 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace emacsen-common 1.4.15-2 (using .../emacsen-common_1.4.15-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs21 emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs21 Unpacking replacement emacsen-common ... Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.15-2) ... emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21 Fatal error (6)/sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common: line 75: 16579 Abort trap ${FLAVOR} ${byte_compile_options} /tmp/emacsen-common-testfile.el +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Fink had a problem installing this version of Emacs because | | emacs21 couldn't be launched successfully. | | | | This typically happens when the package was compiled on a | | system with an older version of Mac OS X installed. At this | | point you should try recompiling the emacs version that caused | | this error with a command like: | | fink rebuild <flavor> | | where <flavor> is a package name like `emacs21' or `emacs21-nox' | | | | If this doesn't solve the problem, please notify the maintainer | | of the emacs package in question. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ emacs-package-install: /sw/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common emacs21 emacs21 failed at /sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 1. /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: emacsen-common ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't install package emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:21 AM, David Albers wrote: > > > ok, so here is what dpkg found... how do i handle this? what do i to > > get rid of this old emacs that is half installed? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg -l emacs > > /Users/albers 1 > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- > > installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > > uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version > > Description > > +++-======================================- > > ======================================- > > ====================================================================== > > ====================== > > un emacs <none> > > (no description available) > > > > > > I don't think this is half-installed,--I've got the same notation on > my system. Go ahead and try > > sudo dpkg -r emacs > > though. After that see what "fink rebuild emacsen-common" gives you. > > > -- > Alexander Hansen > Fink Documenter > [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users