> Try installing a package with apt-get (or the > FinkCommander Binary options, or what have you) > and see if you get the same complaints.
I get the same complaints, it even doesn't try to install... See the log here: [localhost:~] admin% sudo apt-get install jpegoptim Password: Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 663. Use of uninitialized value in scalar assignment at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 1402. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 1407. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 1407. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 1407. Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 664. Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm line 664. Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /tmp/finkaptstatus E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. [localhost:~] admin% ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users