Since the upgrade to fink-0.26 (and the latest tar), I am seeing a couple of strange things. Is it me or fink?
1 and 2 are probably harmless, but ugly; the third one is fatal, it prevents several apt-get-related commands from working properly. 1. Both on a ppc/Panther and an intel/Tiger, I am getting > tar: -: file name read contains nul character This is when the buildlock package gets made. (I see that dmacks reported this already.) 2. On intel/Tiger: > % fink install postgresql80-unified > Information about 5652 packages read in 1 seconds. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > Validation of splitoffs failed. > The following package will be installed or updated: > postgresql80-unified Fink validate for the same package doesn't protest at all. 3. On a ppc/Panther which hadn't been updated for a year and was now selfupdated, I am getting apt-get errors like this: > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E: Problem with MergeList > /sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages The latter file does indeed have incomplete sections that consist only of 3 lines and have no "Packages:" line, for example: > Filename: > dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/libncurses5-shlibs_5.4-20041023-9_darwin-powerpc.deb > Size: 311630 > MD5sum: 17e9edbf3a40692c6176eecb6e7a3065 The problem is that when I delete the Packages file and recreate it with "fink scanpackages" or similar, these broken sections come back. No matter what cache files for apt or dpkg I delete and recreate or change manually, the problem persists. Several packages get these broken sections, cctools-extra_590.18-1, fink-mirrors_0.25.1.2-1, libncurses5_5.4-20041023-9, ncurses_5.4-20041023-9, all built after the update to fink-0.26. Rebuilding these packages doesn't help either. I assume that this is a fink bug, because these 3 lines get added by fink, not by apt or dpkg. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
