On Jul 8, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 7/8/2012 11:10 AM, William G. Scott wrote: >> I just got an email from someone in Scotland who is having trouble with the >> new sensible-utils. >> >>> package architecture (darwin-x86_64) does not match system (x86_64-darwin) >> The full context is appended below. I can't reproduce this. Everything >> else he got from my machine (in the US) I think works. >> >> My server has: >> >> psbmini-% uname -mv >> Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; >> root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 >> >> Any idea what to fix? >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> 80 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >>> Need to get 0B/841MB of archives. After unpacking 234MB will be used. >>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] >>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing >>> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/sensible-utils_0.0.7-4_darwin-x86%5f64.deb >>> (--unpack): >>> package architecture (darwin-x86_64) does not match system (x86_64-darwin) >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/sensible-utils_0.0.7-4_darwin-x86%5f64.deb >>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> > sensible-utils works for me. The filename is consistent with every > other Fink package on x86_64, and "darwin-x86_64" is our architecture > string. > > The error message (with that "system: x86_64-darwin" suggests that the > problem is on your colleague's end. Here is a diagnostic: > > "dpkg --print-installation-architecture" should return "darwin-x86_64". > If it doesn't on your colleague's machine, that would likely indicate > that dpkg got misbuilt somehow (though I'd think that would have made > the error show up for other packages, too). Have them try to install > something else and see if that error shows up.
As a guess look at the file /sw/share/dpkg/archtable The last line should be: x86_64-darwin darwin-x86_64 darwin-x86_64 This might be the difference? -sth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
