On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:13:45 -0500, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 1/19/12 4:45 PM, Bill Waggoner wrote: > > Running on Lion I encountered this running selfupdate. It occurred > > on two different machines. A second execution of selfupdate did > > not exhibit the error ... > > > > % fink selfupdate Password: > > > I will now run the cvs command to retrieve the latest package > > descriptions. The 'su' command will be used to run the cvs command > > as the user 'dad'. After that, the core packages will be updated > > right away; you should then update the other packages using > > commands like 'fink update-all'. > > > /usr/bin/su dad -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P -l' /usr/bin/su dad -c > > 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P 10.7' P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/svn-swig-pm.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/svn-swig-py.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/svn.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/games/sdl-image.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/games/sdl-mixer.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/libaprutil.0-postgresql.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/libaprutil.0-shlibs.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/libaprutil.0-shlibs.patch P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/libaprutil.0-sqlite3.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/openldap24.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mozilla-ca-pm.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/net/ca-bundle.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/net/cyrus-sasl2.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/net/cyrus-sasl2.patch P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/net/postfix.info U > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/control-oct.info U > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/dicom-oct.info U > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/io-oct.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave-3.0.5.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave-3.2.4.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave-3.4.3.info U > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave-3.6.0.info P > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave.patch U > > 10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/octave360-docs.info Scanning package > > description files.Use of uninitialized value $filename in > > concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm > > line 1989. Bad Type specifier '' in Use of uninitialized value > > $filename in concatenation (.) or string at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 1989. Bad Type specifier '' > > in ......... Information about 4114 packages read in 2 seconds. No > > packages to install. > > > The core packages have been updated. You should now update the > > other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. > > Try another selfupdate. I've been doing some updates and some typos > crept in.
Any idea which specific one triggers this symptom? If it's "that easy" to do (even if it fails validation), we should try to provide a nicer error message about it. dan -- Daniel Macks dma...@netspace.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
