On Wednesday 18 June 2008 15:56:30 Martin Costabel wrote: > Glen Beane wrote: > [] > > > so now, most of the package installs I try fail with this error: > > > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1126 > > package `fink-buildlock-openldap23-2.3.27-10': > > missing version > > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 > > Failed: buildlock failure > > This is FAQ #6.14 I can't install anything because I get "dpkg: parse > error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status'"! > <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/faq.en.html#comp-general.dpkg-parse-error>
More specifically, this looks like the kind of problem one gets if there's a crash during the build, thereby not permitting fink to exit gracefully. You'll want to go down to the line it mentions, and then change "installed" to "not-installed" for fink-buildlock-openldap23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
