[Fink-users] Problem using fink selfupdate

[Michel Levy-Provencal]

Hello,

I am trying to do a fink selfupdate on a MacOSX 10.3.2, using package manager version: 0.18.2 and distribution version: 0.6.2.cvs. It generates an error:

Updating package index... done.
Information about 1403 packages read in 9 seconds.
The following 4 packages will be installed or updated:
apt apt-shlibs dpkg unzip
curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.opendarwin.org/dpkg-1.10.9.tar.gz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
100 1532k 100 1532k 0 0 59278 0 0:00:26 0:00:26 0:00:00 62226
/bin/rm -rf dpkg-1.10.9-200
/bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/dpkg-1.10.9-200
gzip -dc /sw/src/dpkg-1.10.9.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf -
sh: line 1: /sw/bin/tar: cannot execute binary file
### execution of gzip failed, exit code 126
Unpacking the file dpkg-1.10.9.tar.gz of package dpkg-1.10.9-200 failed. The
most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download. Do you want
to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] n


I have tryed several times without any result.

When i looked the Fink FAQ i found this question:

Q5.26: I get errors with gzip | dpkg-debI applications from the fileutils package! Help!

A: Errors of the form:
gzip -dc /sw/src/dpkg-1.10.9.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf -
### execution of gzip failed, exit code 139

or
gzip -dc /sw/src/aquaterm-0.3.0a.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf -
gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
### execution of gzip failed, exit code 138

or
dpkg-deb -b root-base-files-1.9.0-1
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base
### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code 10
Failed: can't create package base-files_1.9.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb

or segmentation faults when running utilities from fileutils, e.g. ls or mv, are likely to be due to a prebinding error in a library, and can be fixed by running
sudo /sw/var/lib/fink/prebound/update-package-prebinding.pl -f



So i tried, sudo /sw/var/lib/fink/prebound/update-package-prebinding.pl -f

And i got:
<x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger>seg_addr_table: file: /sw/bin/gtar is not an object file
seg_addr_table: from seg_addr_table: /sw/var/lib/fink/prebound/seg_addr_table.tmp line: 12 can't open file: <<<


Can somebody help me to update fink?

Thanks for your help.

Michel Levy-Provencal
mlevypro at ifrance dot com