Re: Failed: phase compiling: cups-dev-0-0 failed

Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
Organization Snaggled Works
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/10/19 11:19 PM, Chris Schram via Fink-beginners wrote:
> Fink is trying to install the virtual package cups-dev as a dependency
> of kdelibs4-mac, a big no no.
> 
> I installed kdegames-4-mac, among other things, under /opt/sw on my High
> Sierra system, and transplanted the works here to my Catalina system,
> just so I could get everything up and running again. I guess that was a
> big no no too.
> 
> How do I get out of this mess?
> 
> ------------------
> fink -y update-all
> ------------------
> Information about 11507 packages read in 1 seconds.
> The following 3 packages will be installed or updated:
>   kdelibs4-mac kdelibs4-mac-dev kdelibs4-mac-shlibs
> The following additional package will be installed:
>   cups-dev
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (assuming default)
> Setting runtime build-lock...
> dpkg-deb -b /opt/sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0 /opt/sw/src/fink.build
> dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0' in `/opt/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0_2019.11.10-20.54.30_darwin-x86_64.deb'.
> Installing build-lock package...
> /opt/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /opt/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0_2019.11.10-20.54.30_darwin-x86_64.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0.
> (Reading database ... 294991 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0 (from .../fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0_2019.11.10-20.54.30_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
> Setting up fink-buildlock-cups-dev-0-0 (2019.11.10-20.54.30) ...
> 
> sudo -u fink-bld [ENV] sh -c /tmp/fink.zg7qc
> /tmp/fink.wSB5T
> 
> +----------
> |
> | Attention!
> |
> | Package cups-dev is an autogenerated virtual package.
> |
> | You cannot manipulate this type of package using the usual Fink tools.
> | A detailed description of this package follows...
> |
> | This package represents the version of CUPS headers installed
> | in /usr/include/cups.
> |
> | Web site: http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-general.php#virtpackage
> |
> +----------


This is a known bug that will be fixed in the next release.
https://github.com/fink/fink/pull/198

Until that, you can fix it locally by editing the file 
`/opt/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/VirtPackage.pm' to match the change shown in the 
above URL.

Hanspeter


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