On 11/30/13 11:43 AM, Richard Vaughn wrote: > Tried running selfupdate and received this: > > The package 'fink' will be built and installed. > Reading build dependency for fink-0.36.1-51... > Reading dependency for fink-0.36.1-51... > Reading runtime dependency for fink-0.36.1-51... > Reading build conflict for fink-0.36.1-51... > The following package will be installed or updated: > fink > Setting runtime build-lock... > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51 > /sw/src/fink.build > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51' in > `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51_2013.11.30-13.01.36_darwin-i386.deb'. > Installing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51_2013.11.30-13.01.36_darwin-i386.deb > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 12709 package > `fink-buildlock-libxml2-py27-2.9.1-2': > missing version > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 > Can't set build lock for fink (0.36.1-51) > > If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages or > missing > dependencies -- for example, telling you that the package > fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51 conflicts with something else -- fink has > probably gotten confused by trying to build many packages at once. Try > building > just this current package fink (i.e, "fink build fink"). 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. > > See http://wiki.finkproject.org/index.php/Fink:buildlocks for more > information. > > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-fink-0.36.1-51 >/dev/null > dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 12709 package > `fink-buildlock-libxml2-py27-2.9.1-2': > missing version > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 2 > Failed: buildlock failure > > Any ideas to fix this? > > Rick Vaughn
We need to fix the link since it's on a new wiki, but the answer is in the FAQ: http://www.finkproject.org/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en#dpkg-parse-error Basically, something happened when you were building libxml2-py27 to stop the build ungracefully, and the status file is confused as a result. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&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