At 3:13 PM +0100 12/29/07, Martin Costabel wrote: >Jonathan Levi, M.D. wrote: >>jonathan: jonathan$ fink install applex11tools >>Information about 7498 packages read in 5 seconds. >>W: Encountered status field in a non-version description >>The following package will be installed or updated: >> applex11tools >>The following 3 additional packages will be installed: >> open-x11 quartz-wm x11-app >>Do you want to continue? [Y/n] >>Setting runtime build-lock... >>dpkg-deb -b >>/sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-2 >>/sw/src/fink.build >>dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-2' >>in >>`/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-2_2007.12.29-02.51.25_darwin-powerpc.deb'. >>Installing build-lock package... >>/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i >>/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-2_2007.12.29-02.51.25_darwin-powerpc.deb >>dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 7854 >>package `fink-buildlock-applex11tools-1.1.3-2': >> missing version >>### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 >>Can't set build lock for applex11tools (1.1.3-2) > >Errors with buildlock files often go away when you just repeat the >last command. Otherwise this looks similar to what FAQ #6.14 "I >can't install anything because I get "dpkg: parse error, in file >`/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status'"!" >talks about ><http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/faq.en.html#comp-general.dpkg-parse-error>
That worked. Many thanks as always, Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
