On 3/18/05 5:25 PM, "Daniel E. Macks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Walter Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> On 3/17/05 4:20 PM, "Daniel Macks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 02:47:56PM -0600, Walter Hofmeister wrote: >>>> On 3/17/05 2:18 PM, "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Walter Hofmeister wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I ran the selfupdate command a few days ago and now whenever I try >>>>>> to do anything with Fink, I get: >>>>>> >>>>>> Failed: The package full name 'fondu-030428-1' is not allowed to be >>>>>> used more than once. at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Package.pm line 142. >>>>>> >>>>>> Followed by the prompt at the terminal. It does not want to do >>>>>> anything now except give the above warning. It looks to me that >>>>>> in the selfupdate process, something has become corrupted. I tried >>>>>> looking at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Package.pm line 142, but it is a Perl >>>>>> script file and does not contain a list of files. >>>>> >>>>> try >>>>> >>>>> sudo rm -rf /sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/utils/fondu.info >>>>> >>>>> and then do another selfupdate---that's the most likely thing to be >>>>> corrupted. >>>> >>>> I tried your suggestion and it attempted to do a selfupdate but then >>>> when it tried to update the database, it gave the same warning. It then did >>>> the same as before (just gives the warning). >>> >>> If you rm that file, does 'fink index' work? If so, then we have a >>> problem with that file on the server. That's a new error in fink that >>> protects against formerly-silently-broken behavior, but looks like the >>> wording of it isn't so clear. >>> >>> dan >> Hi Dan, >> The index command does indeed work, but after issuing it, I still cannot >> do 'fink list'. It gives the same fondu error. Thanks anyway > > *Somewhere* you have a .info file for fondu that is causing > trouble. Since index works but list does not, the conflict is between > the fondu you have installed and this file (as opposed to between two > different files). Maybe there's one in .../stable/... (since nuking > the one in .../unstable/... didn't help). > > The next version of fink was just patched to give an explicit listing > of which files are causing the problem (instead of just "there is a > problem somewhere"). > > dan Thanks Dan, that did it. I did a search for fondu.info and it only turned up in one place. I deleted it and issued "fink index" and then list worked again. Thanks very much. Walter Hofmeister ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
