Hi, Recently, after a selfupdate when I tried to update fink packages I got this:
G4Mac:~ jah$ fink update-all Information about 11535 packages read in 2 seconds. W: Encountered status field in a non-version description fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) db51-aes: Berkeley DB embedded database - crypto (2) db51: Berkeley DB embedded database - non crypto Pick one: [1] 1 The following 50 packages will be installed or updated: cyrus-sasl2-dev cyrus-sasl2-shlibs dbus dbus-glib1.2-dev dbus-glib1.2-shlibs dbus1.3-dev dbus1.3-shlibs docbook-xsl gd2 gd2-shlibs glib2-dev glib2-shlibs gnuplot gst-plugins-base-0.10 gst-plugins-base-0.10-dev gst-plugins-base-0.10-shlibs gstreamer-0.10 gstreamer-0.10-dev gstreamer-0.10-shlibs libdatrie1 libdatrie1-shlibs libogg libogg-shlibs libtool2 libtool2-shlibs libvorbis0 libvorbis0-shlibs libwww-pm586 libxml2 libxml2-bin libxml2-py25 libxml2-py26 libxml2-shlibs mathomatic maxima openldap24-dev openldap24-shlibs pkgconfig popt popt-shlibs python25 python25-shlibs python26 python26-shlibs sqlite3-dev sqlite3-shlibs uri-pm586 wxgtk2.8 wxgtk2.8-shlibs xml-parser-pm586 The following 16 additional packages will be installed: db44-aes db48-aes db51-aes db51-aes-shlibs encode-pm586 extutils-install-pm extutils-makemaker-pm586 extutils-manifest-pm libgettext8-dev libjpeg8 libpng14 libtheora0 libtheoradec1-shlibs libtheoraenc1-shlibs lua51-dev lua51-shlibs Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Reading buildlock packages... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/crypto/db44-aes_4.4.20-1008_darwin-powerpc.deb dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5260 package `db48-aes': missing version ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 Failed: can't install package db44-aes-4.4.20-1008 ---------------------------- also, noticed that I am having some sort of issue with the warning in the first line of output popping up--as in the output from selfupdate, which executing 'sudo apt-get update' doesn't fix: G4Mac:~ jah$ fink selfupdate Password: rsync -az -q rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/main/' --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' 'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary distribution. /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Packages Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Release Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Packages Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Release Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Packages Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Release Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Packages Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Release Hit http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp unstable/main Packages Hit http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp unstable/main Release Hit http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp unstable/crypto Packages Hit http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp unstable/crypto Release Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... W: Encountered status field in a non-version description W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Scanning package description files.......... Information about 11535 packages read in 8 seconds. No packages to install. The core packages have been updated. You should now update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. --------------------- Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
