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On 6/6/10 12:25 PM, Daniel Macks wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:17:00AM -0500, Robert Wyatt wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can you refresh my memory about the proper form of:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mailtools-pm588-2.06-1
>>
>> that I need to use in order to get around:
>>
>> The package 'mailtools-pm588' will be built and installed.
>> Reading dependency for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1...
>> Reading build dependency for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1...
>> Reading build conflict for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1...
>> Failed: Internal error: node for perl588-core already exists
>>
>> If I remember correctly I'll need the full directory path to the .deb
>> which is normally provided during the build.
>>
>> This is on 10.6 64-bit fink by the way.
>>
>> Using "locate mailtools-pm588" I got the path to the existing .deb file
>> (the older version already installed):
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite
>> /sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/libs/perlmods/mailtools-pm588_2.04-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>
>> But of course this doesn't help me build the new package.
>
> --force-overwrite is for file collisions when "dpkg -i" tries to
> install something ("trying to overwrite `%.250s', which is also in
> package %.250s"). The node-already-exists is a fink engine
> problem. Try installing fewer packages at once (install a dependency
> manually first rather than installing a top-level that triggers this
> error when trying to install the dependencies automaticlaly).
>
> dan
>
Or trya a "sudo dpkg -r --force-depends perl588-core", as per the FAQ
for "Node exists" errors.
- --
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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