On 9/2/05, Andrea Riciputi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I've upgraded my PowerBook to Tiger and I've re-installed Fink from > scratch. I've a couple of problems: > > 1) I got the following warning (I geuss) message: > > > Download complete and in download only mode > > W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/ > > sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin- > > powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
<snip> > > and executing "fink scanpackages" as suggested in the FAQ doesn't > cure the problem. Check if the Trees: line in /sw/etc/fink.conf and the deb sources in /sw/etc/apt/sources.list are somehow out of sync, i.e. you don't have unstable turned on in the first file, but you are looking for deb files from unstable in the second. > > 2) There is a conflict between libncurses5 and ncurses-dev as > reported in the following error message: > <snip> > > Selecting previously deselected package ncurses-dev. > > dpkg: considering removing libncurses5 in favour of ncurses-dev ... > > dpkg: no, cannot remove libncurses5 (--auto-deconfigure will help): > > emacs21-nox depends on libncurses5 > > libncurses5 is to be removed. > > dpkg: regarding .../ncurses-dev_5.3-20031018-501_darwin-powerpc.deb > > containing ncurses-dev: > > ncurses-dev conflicts with libncurses5 > > libncurses5 (version 5.4-20041023-6) is installed. > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary- > > darwin-powerpc/base/ncurses-dev_5.3-20031018-501_darwin-powerpc.deb > > (--install): > > conflicting packages - not installing ncurses-dev > > (Reading database ... 11158 files and directories currently > > installed.) > > Preparing to replace ncurses-shlibs 5.3-20031018-501 (using .../ > > ncurses-shlibs_5.3-20031018-501_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement ncurses-shlibs ... > > Setting up ncurses-shlibs (5.3-20031018-501) ... > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/ncurses- > > dev_5.3-20031018-501_darwin-powerpc.deb > > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > > Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/ > > binary-darwin-powerpc/base/ncurses-dev_5.3-20031018-501_darwin- > > powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/ > > ncurses-shlibs_5.3-20031018-501_darwin-powerpc.deb > It appears that emacs21-nox has a bogus dependency on libncurses5 (which is headers and a few dylib symlinks) instead of on libncurses5-shlibs (the real dylibs) > How can I fix it? > You can temporarily remove emacs21-nox and reinstall it after you're done, I guess--I've cc'ed the emacs21-nox maintainer as well. > Thanks in advance, > Andrea. > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
