On 11/8/13 6:31 AM, James Kolata wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Alexander Hansen > <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com <mailto:alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> On 11/7/13 10:29 AM, James Kolata wrote: >>> Hi, I am running 10.8.5 and ran into problems trying to install >>> the most recent updates of Geant4.9 (4.9.4-14) and Root5 (5.34.11-11). >>> Here is my system info: >>> >>> Package manager version: 0.36.0 >>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu Nov 7 13:06:38 2013, 10.8, >>> x86_64 >>> Trees: local/main stable/main >>> >>> Output from Geant4.9 install: >>> >>> The following package will be installed or updated: >>> geant4.9 >>> The following 2 additional packages will be installed: >>> geant4.9-shlibs openmotif4-bin >>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (assuming default) >>> Reading buildlock packages... >>> Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies! >>> >>> Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be >>> able to >>> fix things by running: >>> >>> fink scanpackages >>> sudo apt-get update >>> sudo apt-get install openmotif4-bin=2.3.4-6 >>> >>> Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies >>> >>> Note: the above apt-get didn't work. Gave a "dpkg interrupted" error. >> >> As it says, "...may be able..." Sometimes those hints don't work. >> >> Could you try it again and post the output? A verbatim post is way more >> useful than any short quoted description. :-) > > [esc301238:~] jkolata1% fink scanpackages > Password: > Updating the list of locally available binary packages. > Scanning dists/local/main/binary-darwin-x86_64 > Scanning dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64 > [esc301238:~] jkolata1% sudo apt-get update > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct the problem. > [esc301238:~] jkolata1% sudo dpkg --configure -a > Setting up passwd-postgres (20131103-1) ... > 'postgres' group exists, with parameters: > > AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default > GeneratedUID: 1A0AE086-15B8-44EC-B923-AB44771FB14F > Password: * > PrimaryGroupID: 252 > RecordName: postgres > RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Groups > > Fink will use these settings. > > Looking for postgres entry in /sw/etc/passwd-fink...No entry for > postgres in /sw/etc/passwd-fink > Enter a value manually. > Enter a value for the UID: > > > *At this point, I didn't know what to enter so I stopped.* > > >
Ah, the issues are related. Manually stopping anything involving the low-level dpkg tool is a recipe for trouble for everything, in this case. I expect that presence of a postgres _group_ but not _user_ was due to an OS update--Apple clobbered the users but not the groups for 10.7 -> 10.8 and that may have carried forward for 10.8 -> 10.9. Try entering 252 there. If Apple put a user of its own in that range you won't be allowed to replace it, and you'll be asked for a different number. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
