On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:04:08PM -0400, Alexander Hansen wrote: > Jonathan Levi, M.D. wrote: > > Again doing a fink self-update, this time on my office computer (OS X > > 10.4.6) I got: > > > > The following package will be installed or updated: > > fink > > curl -f -L -A 'fink/0.26.4' -O > > http://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/fink-0.27.0.tar.gz > > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time > > Time Current > > Dload Upload Total Spent > > Left Speed > > 100 1256k 100 1256k 0 0 4858 0 0:04:24 0:04:24 > > --:--:-- 4919 > > Setting runtime build-lock... > > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31 > > /sw/src/fink.build > > dpkg-deb: building package 'fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31' in > > > > '/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31_2007.03.19-13.24.5 > > 9_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > > Installing build-lock package... > > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31_2007.03.19-13.24.59 > > _darwin-powerpc.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package > > fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31. > > (Reading database ... > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package > > 'fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-1' missing, assuming package > > has no files currently installed. > > 104666 files and directories currently installed.) > > > > The buildlock package was then set up unremarkably except for a > > repeat of the message: > > > > Removing build-lock package... > > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-fink-0.27.0-31 > > (Reading database ... > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package > > 'fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-1' missing, assuming package > > has no files currently installed. > > 104667 files and directories currently installed.) > > > > It doesn't seem to be interfering with anything, but I believe it's > > still "broke" and would like to fix it. Suggestions how, please? > > --Jonathan > > > > > Unrelated to fink-0.27.x . I'd be more likely to suspect it's something > to do with the local customizations you mentioned earlier. > > It's not interfering, since it's a buildlock package, which really > doesn't have any files. But to get rid of the message, edit > /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status as root with , your favorite > unix-line-ending-friendly text editor. Then hunt down the entry for > fink-buildlock-applex11tools.
Er, does dpkg treat "no files installed" the same as "package not installed"? Buildlocks do a lot of their magic in their PreRm script, so removing the indicator that the "empty" buildlock pkg is installed might not be the same thing as actually removing it. Best to try to 'fink remove' (or 'sudo dpkg -r') the buildlock package first (if possible) before editing the status file manually. FWIW, buildlocks do actually have a file in them (to supress this warning, among other reasons:) 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
