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> Hi, Alexander:
> Thank you for your reply. I tried the new command you listed
> and also tried open a new terminal window, but either of them work and I
> got the same results for failed fink update. Is there anything wrong
> with what I did? The detailed information is as below. Pls advise.
> Millions of thanks!
>
> pc202:~ Name$ source /sw/bin/init.sh
> pc202:~ Name$ fink selfupdate
>
> 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 'brucefouke'.
> 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 brucefouke -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P -l'
> ? TIMESTAMP
> /usr/bin/su brucefouke -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P 10.4'
> Scanning package description files..........
> Information about 8109 packages read in 2 seconds.
> The following 8 packages will be installed or updated:
> dpkg dpkg-base-files fink-mirrors gettext-bin libgettext3-dev
> libgettext3-shlibs tar unzip
> The following additional package will be installed:
> libgettext8-shlibs
> The following package might be temporarily removed:
> bzip2-dev
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> Setting runtime build-lock...
> dpkg-deb -b
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-mirrors-0.29.10.3-1
> /sw/src/fink.build
> Can't exec "dpkg-deb": No such file or directory at
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 588, <STDIN> line 1.
> ### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code -1
> Failed: can't create package fink-buildlock-fink-mirrors-0.29.10.3-1
>
> pc202:~ Name$ source /sw/bin/init.sh
> pc202:~ Name$ /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh
> OK
> pc202:~ Name$ fink selfupdate
>
> 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 'brucefouke'.
> 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 brucefouke -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P -l'
> ? TIMESTAMP
> /usr/bin/su brucefouke -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P 10.4'
> Scanning package description files..........
> Information about 8109 packages read in 2 seconds.
> The following 8 packages will be installed or updated:
> dpkg dpkg-base-files fink-mirrors gettext-bin libgettext3-dev
> libgettext3-shlibs tar unzip
> The following additional package will be installed:
> libgettext8-shlibs
> The following package might be temporarily removed:
> bzip2-dev
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> Setting runtime build-lock...
> dpkg-deb -b
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-mirrors-0.29.10.3-1
> /sw/src/fink.build
> Can't exec "dpkg-deb": No such file or directory at
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 588, <STDIN> line 1.
> ### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code -1
> Failed: can't create package fink-buildlock-fink-mirrors-0.29.10.3-1
>
>
>> --
> Yiran Dong
> Postdoc
> Energy and Bioscience Institute
> University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
> 1206 W. Gregory Drive
> Urbana, IL, 61801
Interesting...
What do the following commands give you:
printenv PATH
fink dumpinfo -fenv fink-mirrors
dpkg -S dpkg-deb
dpkg -L dpkg
- --
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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