Problems with Fink update-all

[thebassman99]

Here's what I am doing and what is happening:

1. fink selfupdate-cvs This is working just fine.

2. fink update-all This works fine for a while, and then I get the message "The checksum of the file ldp.dsl-1.10 of package docbook-dsssl-ldp-3.8-3 is incorrect. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download. It is recommended that you download it again. How do you want to proceed?"

I choose to delete it and download it again (although I don't get any different results with the other options either...) and I get the same error message. I try again and again, and eventually fink fails. :mad:

Because part of the files updated and built correctly, this is messing up anything aditional that I try to do too.

Please help me! I really don't want to reinstall everything, but I'm almost that frustrated already! Thanks.

[sao]

thebassman99,

I read at 'fink-devel' list other posts with problems in the checksum of the file ldp.dsl-1.10 in the 'docbook-dsssl-ldp-3.8-3' package, same as yours. It seems to to be that the upstream people modified the tarball, so that the MD5 checksum as listed in the package info file is now 'incorrect'. Other than the checksum the file looks okey.

So, you could just go ahead and choose option (4)

(1) Give up
(2) Delete it and download again
(3) Assume it is a partial download and try to continue
(4) Don't download, use existing file

or 'wait' for one of the developers to put out a 'new .info file'.

Also, another way would be to do a Google search for ldp.dsl-1.10, download the file manually and put it into fink's /src directory, then do 'fink install docbook-dsssl-ldp-3.8-3' ; then, if you get the same checksum error again, just tell fink to use option (4).


Also, don't worry, you don't need to reinstall anything, you can continue updating 'one by one' all packages that show (i) in 'fink list' with:

'fink update packagename'

[thebassman99]

Ok. Option (4) did the trick. Problem number two:

A little later I get the message
Errors were encountered while processing: /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome-vfs2-dev_2.0.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package gnome-vfs2-dev 2.0.4.1-1

It exited after that...

I tried to install bundle-gnome the other day and it didn't build all the way. Is there a way to take what is already there off? I tried apt-get autoclean and apt-get remove bundle-gnome but they didn't work.

[sao]

thebassman99,

The information you posted doesn't show the errors. Please, post the last 15 lines or so of the compiling messages when installing gnome-vfs2-dev 2.0.4.1-1.

thebassman99 wrote:
I tried to install bundle-gnome the other day and it didn't build all the way. Is there a way to take what is already there off?
If it didn't finished building, it's not installed. Check in fink list, does bundle-gnome has a "i" in front of the name?

[thebassman99]

Hmm. It doesn't have the "i"... That should have been something that I thought to look for a while ago!

I started updating the packages one at a time, and I've been going fine so far. I think we can put my problem on hold for the time being, and I'll post again if I hit any snags.

I appreciate the help!

[sterk]

i was running a fink update all on my Mac Book with Tiger

it worked fine until he show this error:

Configuro fink-buildlock-xfree86-4.5.0-1045 (2007.12.06-18.25.00) ...
gzip -dc /sw/src/XFree86-4.5.0-src-1.tgz | /sw/bin/tar -xf - --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
gzip -dc /sw/src/XFree86-4.5.0-src-2.tgz | /sw/bin/tar -xf - --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions

The checksum of the file XFree86-4.5.0-src-3.tgz of package xfree86-4.5.0-1045
is incorrect. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete
download
Expected: c0ad630bfec4545857c2877b3e2dcbeb
Actual: MD5(058f8e0cef86470f1e828c9871e8068b)
SHA1(51eeb29a07caed51b5c4f4ed351a799b5d979984)
It is recommended that you download it again. How do you want to proceed?

(1) Give up
(2) Delete it and download again
(3) Assume it is a partial download and try to continue
(4) Don't download, use existing file

Make your choice: [2]

either if I choose 1 or 4 it exit telling me

Failed: checksum of file XFree86-4.5.0-src-3.tgz of package xfree86-4.5.0-1045 incorrect

Of course if I choos 2 the same problem will represent..

What am I supposed to do???

please help

thx

steve

[dmacks]

After the "Failed" message, is there a maintainer email listed? That would be the person in charge of the package, and would either know what's going on or look into it and get it fixed.

OTOH, there isn't really a reason to be using the xfree86 package these days. x.org is more advanced if you're looking for "a newer x11". Conversely, Tiger comes with x11 if you just need "some/any x11 at all" (no need for fink to compile this large thing from source).

[sterk]

well in fact I've never installed xfree86 maybe it installed by itself when I installed something else.. i found xorg in fink and i tryed to install it but it tell me that he cannot do this beacuse of xfree installed..

is there a simple way to disinstall xfree and install xorg without compromise the function of all the other command?

thank you very much!

s