Give it a try--I don't think there's a well-known answer. Somebody had a corrupt .list file yesterday, and I put a copy of mine on the web, so if your idea doesn't work, we can always do that.
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 13:28, Christopher A. Smith wrote: > Ouch, this isn't good. libgnomeui2-dev.list is a C header file, not a > file listing. A sample: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > /* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*- */ > /* > * A client-side GtkObject which exposes the > * Evolution:BookListener interface. > * > * Author: > * Nat Friedman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * > * Copyright 2000, Ximian, Inc. > */ > > #ifndef __E_BOOK_TYPES_H__ > #define __E_BOOK_TYPES_H__ > > #include <libgnome/gnome-defs.h> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > How that happened is beyond me. > > Would it be sufficient to recreate this list by running something like: > > $ dpkg-deb -c /sw/fink/debs/libgnomeui2-dev_2.0.6-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > >/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnomeui2-dev.list > > Or is there a more elegant/proper solution? > > Thanks! > > -------------------------------------- > Christopher A. Smith Arlington, VA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 01:01:54PM -0500, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > Let's see what the file looks like. Do a: > > > > cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnomeui2-dev.list > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 11:13, Christopher A. Smith wrote: > > > While trying to update various packages this morning via update-all (this > > > is off of CVS, by the way), an error was printed that is preventing me from > > > installing or updating packages. This has happened with fink 0.5.1.cvs > > > with package manager version 0.11.2 under Mac OS X 10.2.3 and 10.2.4. > > > > > > For example, > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > $ fink update popt popt-shlibs > > > sudo /sw/bin/fink update popt popt-shlibs > > > Information about 2194 packages read in 1 seconds. > > > > > > The following 2 packages will be installed or updated: > > > popt popt-shlibs > > > > > > [ compile steps snipped ] > > > > > > Writing control file... > > > dpkg-deb -b root-popt-1.7-1 >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs > > > dpkg-deb: building package `popt' in >`/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > > > ln -sf >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb >/sw/fink/debs/ > > > Writing control file... > > > Writing shlibs file... > > > dpkg-deb -b root-popt-shlibs-1.7-1 >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs > > > dpkg-deb: building package `popt-shlibs' in >`/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > > > ln -sf >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/debs/ > > > rm -rf /sw/src/root-popt-shlibs-1.7-1 > > > rm -rf /sw/src/root-popt-1.7-1 > > > dpkg -i >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > (--install): > > > files list file for package `libgnomeui2-dev' contains empty filename > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > > > Failed: can't batch-install packages: >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt-shlibs_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/popt_1.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > The error about libgnomeui2-dev having an empty filename thwarts the > > > installation of any package. I've tried removing libgnomeui2 and > > > reinstalling it from scratch, but the same error is printed during the > > > attempt to remove. For example, > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > $ sudo dpkg -r --force-all libgnomeui2-dev > > > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing libgnomeui2-dev (--remove): > > > files list file for package `libgnomeui2-dev' contains empty filename > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > libgnomeui2-dev > > > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Any suggestions on how I can get past this? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > Christopher A. 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