I've noticed that Daniel fixed the issue but fyi my fink version is from
source, 0.29.10.
So based on Daniel's changes, I just run "fink selfupdate" and then try to
install debconf again?
Michael
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:08 AM, David Lowe <doctorjl...@verizon.net>wrote:
> On 17 Oct, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Michael Hanna wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm trying to install debconf but I appear to be stuck:
> >
> > sidha% fink install debconf
> > Information about 3530 packages read in 0 seconds.
> >
> > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency.
> The candidates:
> >
> > (1) debconf-english: small footprint English-only debconf
> > (2) debconf-i18n: full internationalization support for debconf
> >
> > Pick one: [1]
> >
> > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency.
> The candidates:
> >
> > (1) locale-gettext-pm5100: Perl module for string internationalization
> > (2) text-iconv-pm5100: The iconv() character set conversion function
> >
> > Pick one: [1]
> > The following package will be installed or updated:
> > debconf
> > The following 19 additional packages will be installed:
> > anacron daemonic debconf-english dialog expat1 expat1-shlibs findutils
> gettext-tools html2text intltool-debian libgettext8-dev libxml2 libxml2-bin
> libxml2-shlibs
> > locale-gettext-pm5100 pkgconfig po-debconf readline5 readline5-shlibs
> > Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> > Setting runtime build-lock...
> > dpkg-deb -b
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002
> /sw/src/fink.build
> > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002' in
> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002_2010.10.17-23.25.03_darwin-i386.deb'.
> > Installing build-lock package...
> > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002_2010.10.17-23.25.03_darwin-i386.deb
> > Selecting previously deselected package
> fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002.
> > (Reading database ... 4237 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002 (from
> .../fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002_2010.10.17-23.25.03_darwin-i386.deb)
> ...
> > Setting up fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002 (2010.10.17-23.25.03)
> ...
> > gzip -dc /sw/src/dialog-1.0-20060221.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf -
> --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
> > Removing runtime build-lock...
> > Removing build-lock package...
> > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002
> > (Reading database ... 4238 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing fink-buildlock-dialog-1.0-20060221-1002 ...
> > Failed: Cannot read PatchFile
> "/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/dialog.patch"
> >
> > when I open that directory there is no dialog.patch file there. I'd like
> to install debconf so I can open a mercurial-server.deb package to install
> on Mac OS X 10.6.4 Server.
> >
> > regards,
> > Michael
>
> I don't have an answer for you, but a clarification: you are not
> having a problem with debconf, you are having a problem with dialog. The
> maintainer of dialog may not notice since he likely isn't looking for
> problems with other packages, so i've cc'ed him. I see you've included your
> version of OSX, but it might be useful to also mention what version of fink
> you are using.
>
> Sent from my MacBookPro
>
> If a train station is where the train stops, what is a workstation?
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