So did you actually try installing gdbm3 and trying your installation again?
Yes and this time I got the error that I sent.
I also had several times an error stating that some dependencies were missing (e.g. readline). After "fink install readline" the error vanished, but another error came up (gdbm not installed).
It would have been helpful to provide an example of where these errors occurred, so that we could actually see what package in the chain needed the missing dependency.
Sadly I have no example because I installed the dependencies and every time I got a little furhter.
Is this a know issue??
Your first issue is a known one, in the sense that the Fink dependency engine doesn't automatically swap packages back and forth--this is being worked on.
The second issue (missing dependencies) is due to oversights in the description of one or more packages.
I tried it again and this time a got a different error:
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dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/root-fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 /sw/src
dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1' in `/sw/src/fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1_2005.05.11-23.12.41_darwin-powerpc.deb'.
Setting build lock...
dpkg -i /sw/src/fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1_2005.05.11-23.12.41_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1.
(Reading database ... 11779 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 (from .../fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1_2005.05.11-23.12.41_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1:
fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 depends on gdbm; however:
Package gdbm is not installed.
fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 depends on readline (>= 4.3-5); however:
Package readline is not installed.
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Can't set build lock for ruby18 (1.8.1-1)
If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages --
for example, telling you that fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1
conflicts with something else -- fink has probably gotten confused by trying
to build many packages at once. Try building just this current package
ruby18 (i.e, "fink build ruby18"). When that has completed successfully,
you could retry whatever you did that led to the present error.
Regardless of the cause of the lock failure, don't worry: you have not wasted compiling time! Packages that had been completely built before this error occurred will not have to be recompiled. dpkg -r fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 (Reading database ... 11780 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fink-buildlock-ruby18-1.8.1-1 ... Failed: buildlock failure ---------------------------------------
I will deinstall all packages and I try again, this time I will mail the missing dependencies.
BTW, if I type "fink install svn-client-ssl" I'm promted for choosing the right dependencies. So far so good. But I get prompted to choose between python and python-nox and then I have to choose between python23 and python23-nox.
Shouldn't fink handle such situations?
Greets, Jonathan
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