On 11/12/06, William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In preparation for moving some of my stuff to stable, I just > installed (on intel) the fink package (having moved aside my /sw). > > I've issued fink-selfupdate (rsync) > > fink scanpackages > > fink update-all > > and this is what I am (and presumably a new user is) greeted with: > > > > % fink update-all > Information about 2066 packages read in 0 seconds. > The following 4 packages will be installed or updated: > gettext gettext-dev gettext-tools ncurses-shlibs > The following additional package will be installed: > libgettextpo2-shlibs > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Reading buildlock packages... > Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies! > > Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be > able to fix things by running: > > fink scanpackages > apt-get update > apt-get install gettext-dev=0.10.40-25 gettext=0.10.40-25 > > Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies > > > > I then issued > > sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > > and that fixes it, but if I put myself in the shoes of a newbie, who > might not even know to prefix the above suggestion with sudo, I can > see why people find this daunting. > > > Bill > >
Agreed. Hopefully once an ab initio installation in stable uses gettext3 this won't be a problem anymore. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) Got job? http://akhmac.blogdns.net/~hansen/akh_cv/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
