I had the same problem earlier (1/22/12), and you responded with several suggestions. Evidently you were not able to recreate this problem on a machine with the same setup as mine. I followed the suggestions you gave in the reply with no result. Unfortunately, I no longer have the email you sent, and I do not remember the suggestions.
Now, I do not care whether I use v.343 or some other version of these files, so I installed v.360 of these files, and I have been able to update them. Unfortunately, when I attempt to remove or purge the oct343 files, I get more malloc errors. If I remove an installed file I get the following: [MacBkPro:~]:-bash:512$: fink remove fpl-oct343 Password: Sorry, try again. Password: Information about 4561 packages read in 1 seconds. Reading buildlock packages... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait --remove fpl-oct343 (Reading database ... 252007 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fpl-oct343 ... warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use classes instead octave-3.4.3(50320,0x7fff767f7960) malloc: *** error for object 0x103ea85e0: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/fpl-oct343.prerm: line 6: 50320 Abort trap: 6 /sw/share/octave/3.4.3/fpl-1.2.0/octave-forge-prerm /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fpl-oct343 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 134 warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use classes instead octave-3.4.3(50349,0x7fff767f7960) malloc: *** error for object 0x109ef55e0: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/fpl-oct343.postinst: line 11: 50349 Abort trap: 6 /sw/share/octave/3.4.3/fpl-1.2.0/octave-forge-postinst dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134 Errors were encountered while processing: fpl-oct343 ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 ERROR: Can't remove package(s). If the above error message mentions dependency problems, you can try fink remove --recursive fpl-oct343 This will attempt to remove the package(s) specified as well as ALL packages that depend on it. Failed: can't remove package fpl-oct343 Remove, of course, removes the package from the installed list, but doesn't do anything else. When I try to reinstall the package, fink attempts to install the newest update: fink install fpl-oct343 Password: Information about 4561 packages read in 0 seconds. The following package will be installed or updated: fpl-oct343 Reading buildlock packages... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/fpl-oct343_1.2.0-2_darwin-x86_64.deb Selecting previously deselected package fpl-oct343. (Reading database ... 252007 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace fpl-oct343 1.2.0-2 (using .../fpl-oct343_1.2.0-2_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use classes instead octave-3.4.3(50512,0x7fff767f7960) malloc: *** error for object 0x107f1a5e0: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/fpl-oct343.prerm: line 6: 50512 Abort trap: 6 /sw/share/octave/3.4.3/fpl-1.2.0/octave-forge-prerm dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 134 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use classes instead octave-3.4.3(50540,0x7fff767f7960) malloc: *** error for object 0x1093d75e0: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: line 6: 50540 Abort trap: 6 /sw/share/octave/3.4.3/fpl-1.2.0/octave-forge-prerm /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/fpl-oct343_1.2.0-2_darwin-x86_64.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 134 warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use classes instead octave-3.4.3(50568,0x7fff767f7960) malloc: *** error for object 0x1083b45e0: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/fpl-oct343.postinst: line 11: 50568 Abort trap: 6 /sw/share/octave/3.4.3/fpl-1.2.0/octave-forge-postinst dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134 Errors were encountered while processing: /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/fpl-oct343_1.2.0-2_darwin-x86_64.deb ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't install package fpl-oct343-1.2.0-2 I can't purge this package, because it is no longer installed. How am I supposed to remove these pkgs? I suppose I might try removing them with dpkg, but I don't want to mess things up any worse than they are already. My kit is: Package manager version: 0.32.3 Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Tue Mar 6 14:43:02 2012, 10.7, x86_64 Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto Xcode 4.2.1 i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.1.00) Thanks for any help, which will be greatly appreciated. Gary Olson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. 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