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On 1/1/10 11:05 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> Dr. Wolfram Schroers wrote:
>> Martin,
>>
>> I have followed the instructions and removed the entries from
>> /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status. There were no files with sbcl in their names in the
>> /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info subdirectory. Finally, I ran "fink scanpackages" and
>> "sudo apt-get update".
>>
>> When trying to install sbcl again, I got an error message again.
>
> I can now confirm all the bad things recently said about sbcl on Snow
> Leopard. This package is really badly broken. Unfortunately the error
> messages it produces were not sufficient to make me see the origin of
> the errors. I am CCing the maintainer.
>
> On 10.6/64bit, the build does not complete. The error message is:
>
>> WARNING! Some of the contrib modules did not build successfully or pass
>> their self-tests. Failed contribs:"
>> sb-posix
>> ### execution of sh failed, exit code 1
>> Removing runtime build-lock...
>> Removing build-lock package...
>> /sw64/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-sbcl-1.0.33-1
>> (Reading database ... 131593 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing fink-buildlock-sbcl-1.0.33-1 ...
>> Failed: phase compiling: sbcl-1.0.33-1 failed
>
> I don't know where the sh script starts that is reportedly failing. The
> code before the error message looks like a very long list of lisp
> selftests to me.
>
> On 10.6/32bit, the building of the package succeeds, but the *.deb file
> does not install, neither via fink nor via dpkg or apt-get. This is the
> same error Wolfram has been reporting:
>
>> Selecting previously deselected package sbcl.
>> (Reading database ... 126383 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking sbcl (from .../sbcl_1.0.33-1_darwin-i386.deb) ...
>> /sw32/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> ### execution of /sw32/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 6
>
> The package is then "half-installed":
>
>> % dpkg -l sbcl
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
>> uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name Version Description
>> +++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
>> iHR sbcl 1.0.33-1
>
> I have never seen this before. The files of the package are, in reality,
> almost all installed:
>
>> ls -R /sw/lib/sbcl/ |wc
>> 481 460 8361
>
> Likewise the files in /sw/share/doc/sbcl, but not the files
> /sw/share/info/{asdl,sbcl*}.info
> Also, /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info does not contain any sbcl* files, and
> /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status contains
>
>> Package: sbcl
>> Status: install reinstreq half-installed
>> Priority: optional
>> Section: languages
>> Version: 1.0.33-1
>
> On can purge it:
>
>> sudo dpkg --purge --force-all sbcl
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>> (Reading database ...
>> dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `sbcl' missing, assuming
>> package has no files currently installed.
>> 126383 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing sbcl ...
>
> But this does actually not remove any files. It changes the status to
> "purged", but the installed files are still there, now orphaned. Not nice.
>
I was told that the package functioned on 10.6/64-bit. I didn't have
time actually to verify that on a clean 10.6 system at that time, but
verified that it works on 10.5; I applied an update to maxima concurrently.
- --
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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