Re: [Fink-beginners] Emacs on Jaguar

[Bob K. <ko...@ob...>]

On 9/26/02 8:16 AM, "Alexander Hansen" <ha...@ld...> wrote:

> Try removing emacsen-common, as well.

Didn't work. I tried to reinstall, as the error messages indicated, and that
didn't work either. I seem to have a real mess here. Errors follow:



[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# fink remove emacsen-common
Information about 1498 packages read in 0 seconds.

dpkg --remove emacsen-common
dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacsen-common
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't remove package emacsen-common
[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss#


[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# fink reinstall emacsen-common
Information about 1498 packages read in 1 seconds.

The following package will be reinstalled:
 emacsen-common
dpkg -i 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1.
4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.
(Reading database ... 28347 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace emacsen-common 1.4.13-2 (using
.../emacsen-common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36.
dpkg: error processing
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1.
4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
chmod: /usr/local/share/emacs: No such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1
.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: Can't call method "get_fullname" without a package or object
reference at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 1648.
[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss#


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