On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:26:14AM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: > Ed Clark wrote: > > yup, seems the non-standard format of the 'Version' attribute in the > > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/xmms2-*.pc files was indeed what was cause the problem, > [] > > i removed the files associated with xmms2-0.2drdolittle-macosx-ppc.pkg > [] > > and now apt-get/dpkg are working nominally > > > > so it is interesting to learn that a pkgconfig 'Version' attribute of > > non-standard format (one which includes whitespace ?) can chuck a spanner in > > the works of apt-get/dpkg dependency checking -- got wonder how many other > > pkgs > > are available out there which flaunt a similar violation > > This is indeed interesting, and I would say it is a bug in Fink. On the > other hand, installing third-party stuff into /usr/lib is a very bad > thing to do anyway, so the bug should normally not be triggered (but do > we know what kind of weird things Apple will install there if the mood > hits them?)
Looks like whitespace and parens are not disallowed in pkg-config's somewhat free-format .pc file fields. I have no idea how fink should translate them (or the gimpprint value) into the more restrictive format of debian version strings (only allow [-a-z0-9.+]). Does each disallowed character become a hyphen, or omitted, or...? dan -- Daniel Macks dma...@netspace.org http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
