-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/13/10 1:08 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote: > Package manager version: 0.29.10 > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Mar 13 10:24:52 2010, 10.5, > powerpc > Unstable enabled > > In a misguided effort I used Carbon Copy Cloner (latest version) to > create a bootable HD from my existing install. I excluded a number of > files and directories, including the /sw directory. Following this > operation I discovered numerous permission-related problems. > > With respect to Fink, a selfupdate now produces the following: > > <snip> > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.5/current/crypto Release > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E: Problem with MergeList /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/ > _sw_fink_dists_local_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100 > > I have run scanpackages with no change. > > An earlier post (from Alexander Hansen) suggested deleting the > scanpackages.db. I followed by scanpackages but get the same E: > messages. apt-get update of course produces the same E: responses. > > Fink update works and I was able to install and later remove a package. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Stan > > > >
Try renaming /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages and then running "fink scanpackages". - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkucOn8ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ9lEwCfd1fZ05UkmQYYrxNT2napIb5P WgMAn2jrlbtYE5wXa9hDxdX3OIhVCBs1 =xVqL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
