On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:18:08PM -0800, Jesse Alama wrote: > Recently I've had trouble installing packages. The problem can be > seen in the following output: > > ponderosa:~ alama$ fink update-all > Information about 6707 packages read in 2 seconds. > W: Encountered status field in a non-version description > The following 13 packages will be installed or updated: > aspell aspell-compat aspell-shlibs gengetopt gnome-print gnome-print-dev > gnome-print-shlibs gnucash2-shlibs gtkhtml3.8.15-dev gtkhtml3.8.15-shlibs > intltool mizar xemacs > The following 3 additional packages will be installed: > dbus-dev gettext-dev gnome-libs-dev > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > Setting runtime build-lock... > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-aspell-0.60.4-1006 > /sw/src/fink.build > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-aspell-0.60.4-1006' in > `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-aspell-0.60.4-1006_2007.01.10-15.07.39_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > Installing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-aspell-0.60.4-1006_2007.01.10-15.07.39_darwin-powerpc.deb > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 9691 package > `fink-buildlock-gnucash2-2.0.4-3': > missing version
There's Fink FAQ entry entitled: Q6.14: I can't install anything because I get "dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status'"! that probably applies here. > 9687:Package: fink-buildlock-gnucash2-2.0.4-3 > 9688:Status: purge ok installed > 9689:Section: unknown > 9690:Architecture: darwin-powerpc That does look suspicious. You could try changing the "installed" in that Status line to "not-installed". dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
