Bill McNeill wrote: > I did a "fink selfupdate" followed by a "fink update all". The update > all action fails because of conflicting packages when trying to update > gtk+2. As per the instructions in the error message, I tried just > running "fink build gtk+2", but this gives the same error. There are > no buildlocks present after this error message (i.e. "fink list > fink-buildlock" returns nothing). > > What steps should I take to get past this? > > Running OS X 10.4.11. <http://10.4.11.> Full error spew from the > failed build of gtk+2 is below. > > Thanks. > > $ fink build gtk+2 > Password: > Information about 6846 packages read in 1 seconds. > The following package will be built: > gtk+2 > Setting runtime build-lock... > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1 > /sw/src/fink.build > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1' in > `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1_2008.08.01-12.00.06_darwin-i386.deb'. > Installing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1_2008.08.01-12.00.06_darwin-i386.deb > dpkg: regarding > .../fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1_2008.08.01-12.00.06_darwin-i386.deb > containing fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1: > fink-buildlock-gtk+2-2.12.10-1 conflicts with gtk+2-dev (<< 2.12.10-1) > gtk+2-dev (version 2.6.10-1004) is installed. The solution is of a general class. If you have a package that conflicts with another one, but _that_ package can't be removed automatically, then you need to remove it yourself.
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