On 4/26/06, Sarah Stockwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update -- some more info below. > > --Sarah > > >>On 4/25/06, Sarah Stockwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> This is on a machine running OS X 10.4. The fink installation is in > >>> a nonstandard directory due to some constraints of the (shared) > >>> system: /Users/myusername/sw. > >>> > >>> I need to install various unstable packages, so after my successful > >>> install of fink, I added the unstable trees to my fink.conf and ran > >>> fink selfupdate to get the new package list. Of course, that also > >>> updates fink to the unstable version of itself and its dependencies > >>> -- not ideal for my purposes, but I don't see how to update the > >>> package list to include unstable things other than with selfupdate, > >>> which updates fink as well. (The FAQ CVS solution would require me > >>> to move around the relevant files for all of the many unstable > >>> packages and dependencies I need, correct? I'd rather avoid that if > >>> possible). The fink update wanted to update a few dependencies, > >>> including gettext, where it failed. I've tried the following: > >>> --running fink selfupdate again > >>> --fink fetch gettext (worked fine), fink rebuild gettext (worked > >>> fine), fink install gettext (fails -- error message below). > >>> > >>> Any ideas would be very welcome. Error message notwithstanding, I > >>> don't think it's a problem with dpkg-lockwait; it complains about > >>> that script because the exec within the script (of dpkg -i etc.) > >>> failed, so the script died. > >>> > >>> $ fink install gettext > >>> Information about 5710 packages read in 3 seconds. > >>> The following package will be installed or updated: > >>> gettext > >>> /Users/srs56/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > >>> > >>>/Users/srs56/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/gettext_0.10.40-24_darwin-powerpc.deb > >>> (Reading database ... 4144 files and directories currently installed.) > >>> Preparing to replace gettext 0.10.40-24 (using > >>> .../gettext_0.10.40-24_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > >>> Unpacking replacement gettext ... > >>> ### execution of /Users/srs56/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 10 > >>> Failed: can't install package gettext-0.10.40-24 > >>> > >>> Thanks for your help, > >>> > >>> --Sarah Stockwell > >>> <snip>
Hmmm...you've got me stumped... Michèle Garoche sent me a message (which probably should have gone to the list, but I didn't notice that fact) suggesting to try installing libgettext3-shlibs to clear this up. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (for now) ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
