Re: [Fink-beginners] (no subject)

[Robert T W. <rob...@ma...>]

I saw errors like this intermittently on my dualG5 (is yours a
dualG5?), the way I fixed them was to restart the computer in
single-user mode (hold down command+S during startup) and then
running: fsck -fy; reboot (and then retry the build).

Alexander Hansen wrote:
> On 6/29/07, Gerrit Busch <ger...@go...> wrote:
>> Am 29.06.2007 um 16:51 schrieb Alexander Hansen:
>>
>>> On 6/29/07, Gerrit Busch <ger...@go...> wrote:
>>>> Hello Alexander,
>>>>
>>>> actually I have tried this several times and once again now but no
>>>> luck.
>>>> Any other idea?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reply,
>>>>
>>>> Gerrit
>>>>
>>> Hmm...I'm not sure.   Whenever I've had that error it has been just a
>>> temporary thing.  Other packages aren't affected?
>> I can't say because updating process always stops there. I couldn't
>> also remove or purge aspell-shlibs by the way.
>> What does the suggestion "Try setting environment variable MallocHelp
>> to see tools to help debug" mean?
>>
>> Gerrit
>>
> 
> You might try removing a different pacakage then.  I'm not sure about
> how to use the MallocHelp variable.  Let me forward the message back
> to the list.
> 
>>>> Am 29.06.2007 um 15:25 schrieb Alexander Hansen:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/29/07, Gerrit Busch <ger...@go...> wrote:
>>>>>> Package manager version: 0.27.3
>>>>>> Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync powerpc
>>>>>> MacOS X.4.10
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know how to fis this problem that avoids me updating fink.
>>>>>> Sorry, it's partly in German - hope it makes sense to anybody.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings, Gerrit
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reading buildlock packages...
>>>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-
>>>> darwin-
>>>>>> powerpc/text/aspell-dev_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/
>>>>>> dists/
>>>>>> unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/
>>>> aspell_0.60.5-1001_darwin-
>>>>>> powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/
>>>> text/
>>>>>> aspell-shlibs_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb
>>>>>> (Lese Datenbank ... 145833 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit
>>>>>> installiert.)
>>>>>> Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von aspell-dev 0.60.5-1001 (durch .../
>>>>>> aspell-
>>>>>> dev_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
>>>>>> Entpacke Ersatz f"ur aspell-dev ...
>>>>>> Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von aspell 0.60.5-1001 (durch .../
>>>>>> aspell_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
>>>>>> Entpacke Ersatz f"ur aspell ...
>>>>>> W"ahle vormals abgew"ahltes Paket aspell-shlibs.
>>>>>> Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von aspell-shlibs 0.60.4-1006 (durch .../
>>>>>> aspell-shlibs_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
>>>>>> Entpacke Ersatz f"ur aspell-shlibs ...
>>>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg-deb: unerwartetes Dateiende in zwischen Elementen
>>>> in /
>>>>>> sw/
>>>>>> fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/aspell-
>>>>>> shlibs_0.60.5-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb
>>>>>> dpkg(20047) malloc: ***  Deallocation of a pointer not malloced:
>>>>>> 0xbfffd830; This could be a double free(), or free() called
>>>> with the
>>>>>> middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable
>>>>>> MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> Those kind of errors may be intermittent.  You might try logging
>>>> out
>>>>> and logging back in again, and then trying to install aspell.