-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Hansen wrote: > Subject: corrupted packages file? From: Dave Kleinschmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:49:56 > -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > > (hasn't shown up from the moderation queue) ------------- Hi, I'm > running fink 0.27.7 on an iMac G5 with OS X 10.4.11. I get the > following error when I try to run install: > > Reading Package Lists... E: Unable to parse package file > /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_stable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or > opened. ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code > 100 WARNING: Failure while updating indexes. Running 'fink > scanpackages' may fix indexing problems. > > > Running fink scanpackages gives the same error. I recently had to > edit one of the package files manually due to an aborted intall, > could that have cause this problem? > > Thanks for your help, -Dave http://www.finkproject.org/faq/comp-general.php#dpkg-parse-error
It depends on _what_ exactly you edited. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHUyZbB8UpO3rKjQ8RAmKXAJ94POxK6/+XfqovC+RG7pKt2uZ9sQCfZDN1 o/VPFAJzM+JB/UXuPKkjQwU= =kQM2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
