[Fink-beginners] problem bootstraping

[Brian S. <bsh...@uw...>]

Hi,

I am setting up OS-X 10.6.4 Server, trying to bootstrap fink unsuccessfully after numerous attempts. I have no idea what the problem is because we have installed fink in this manner on our other machines (running non-server 10.6) and we had even previously installed fink on the server but had to wipe the disk and re-install everything; now I am having this problem.

The error is:

.......
install -c -p -m 644 fink.shlibs "/sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/DEBIAN/shlibs"
/bin/rm -f /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/info/dir /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw/share/info/dir.old
Writing control file...
Writing package script postinst...
Writing package script prerm...
dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.29.10-51 /sw/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base
dpkg-deb: building package `fink' in `/sw/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb'.
/sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package fink.
(Reading database ... 60 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fink (from .../fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
/sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/._.', which is also in package base-files
/sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-x86_64.deb
### execution of /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg failed, exit code 1
can't install package fink-0.29.10-51

ERROR: Bootstrap phase 2 failed!

I found another posting on the internet mentioning a similar problem with the "/._." file, and there was a recommended diagnostic to look for such a file in the base set: 

> /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -L base-files
/._.
/.
/._sw
/sw
/sw/._bin
/sw/bin
/sw/bin/._editor
/sw/bin/editor
/sw/bin/._init.csh
/sw/bin/init.csh
/sw/bin/._init.sh
/sw/bin/init.sh
/sw/bin/._pager
/sw/bin/pager
/sw/._etc
/sw/etc
/sw/etc/._profile.d
/sw/etc/profile.d
/sw/etc/profile.d/._dummy.sh
/sw/etc/profile.d/dummy.sh
/sw/._include
/sw/include
/sw/._lib
/sw/lib
/sw/lib/._perl5
/sw/lib/perl5
/sw/lib/perl5/._auto
/sw/lib/perl5/auto
/sw/lib/perl5/._darwin
/sw/lib/perl5/darwin
/sw/lib/perl5/darwin/._auto
/sw/lib/perl5/darwin/auto
/sw/._sbin
/sw/sbin
/sw/._share
/sw/share
/sw/share/._base-files
/sw/share/base-files
/sw/share/base-files/._dir-base
/sw/share/base-files/dir-base
/sw/share/._doc
/sw/share/doc
/sw/share/doc/._base-files
/sw/share/doc/base-files
/sw/share/doc/base-files/._COPYING
/sw/share/doc/base-files/COPYING
/sw/share/._info
/sw/share/info
/sw/share/._man
/sw/share/man
/sw/._src
/sw/src
/sw/._var
/sw/var
/sw/var/._log
/sw/var/log
/sw/var/._run
/sw/var/run
/sw/var/._spool
/sw/var/spool



Thanks for any help,

Brian