Re: How to do with the offensive ghc-text?

Hi Hanspeter,

I tried `fink reinstall ghc-text` and then `fink remove ghc-text` again.
And it ended successfully. It was unsuccessful when I did it before,
but it ended happily for whatever reason.

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it!

Kow

> On Mar 7, 2020, at 19:48, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 3/6/20 12:31 AM, Kow KURODA wrote:
>>> On Mar 6, 2020, at 14:31, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 3/5/20 9:58 PM, Kow KURODA wrote:
>>>> Hi Hanspeter,
>>>>> On Mar 6, 2020, at 12:39, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/5/20 9:27 PM, Kow KURODA wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Hanspeter,
>>>>>> Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
>>>>>> My gcc7 issue was solved.
>>>>>>> Regarding ghc-text:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Its PostInstScript (/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/ghc-text.postinst) runs the script "/sw/share/doc/ghc-text/register.sh".
>>>>>>> And its PreRmScript (/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/ghc-text.prerm) runs the script "/sw/share/doc/ghc-text/unregister.sh --force"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But you're getting the error that 'register.sh' and 'unregister.sh' do not exist.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Are register.sh and unregister.sh present in the output of this command (one line)?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> dpkg-deb -c /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>>>> This returned the following:
>>>>>>> $ dpkg-deb -c /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg-deb: failed to read archive `/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86_64.deb': No such file or directory
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do `ls -l /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text* /sw/fink/debs/ghc-text*`
>>>> This command gave me the following, indicating I have one:
>>>> ls: /sw/fink/debs/ghc-text*: No such file or directory
>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  2294278 Jun 29  2018 /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you do get an existing deb out of either of those 2 locations, then run the 'dpkg-deb -c' command on it to look for 'register.sh' and 'unregister.sh'
>>>> So, I ran the following:
>>>> $ dpkg-deb -c /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb | grep register
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x root/admin     4007 2018-06-29 02:42 ./sw/share/doc/ghc-text/register.sh
>>>> -rw-r--r-- root/admin      277 2018-06-29 02:42 ./sw/share/doc/ghc-text/unregister.sh
>>>> This shows I have both register.sh and unregister.sh
>>>> I then ran `agt-get -f install` and got the following:
>>>> [snipped]
>>>> Selecting previously deselected package ghc-text.
>>>> Preparing to replace ghc-text 1.2.1.3-2 (using .../ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb) ...
>>>> ghc-pkg: cannot find package text-1.2.1.3
>>>> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>>>> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
>>>> ghc-pkg: cannot find package text-1.2.1.3
>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb (--unpack):
>>>> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>>>> Reading package info from stdin ... done.
>>>> text-1.2.1.3: dependency "binary-0.7.6.1-059990c340d5b3e45b98a0b8ec2aec57" doesn't exist (use --force to override)
>>>> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>>>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb
>>>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>>> I'm wondering why I get "text-1.2.1.3: dependency ..." instead of "ghc-text-1.2.1.3: dependency ...".
>>> 
>>> That's the difference between the Fink package name and the ghc module.
>>> 
>>> 1) ghc-text is missing a bunch of deps.
>>> Make sure you have ghc-array, ghc-deepseq-generics, ghc-primitive, ghc-binary installed. Try ghc-binary first, and then try `fink reinstall ghc-text`.
>> My Fink installation lacks ghc-array. So, I installed ghc-{deepseq-generics,primitive,binary}.
>> It was successful. And then I reinstalled ghc-text by issuing `fink reinstall ghc-text` and
>> got the following:
>> Information about 13426 packages read in 2 seconds.
>> The following package will be reinstalled:
>> ghc-text
>> Reading buildlock packages...
>> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb
>> Selecting previously deselected package ghc-text.
>> (Reading database ... 244545 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace ghc-text 1.2.1.3-2 (using .../ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb) ...
>> ghc-pkg: cannot find package text-1.2.1.3
>> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
>> ghc-pkg: cannot find package text-1.2.1.3
>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb (--install):
>> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>> Reading package info from stdin ... done.
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghc-text_1.2.1.3-2_darwin-x86%5f64.deb
>> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
>> Failed: can't install package ghc-text-1.2.1.3-2
> 
> I managed to get my Fink system into the same error after running `fink install ghc-text` like you did. This worked to get ghc-text cleanly installed:
> 
> fink list ghc-text (now shows 'i' at the front)
> fink remove ghc-text (uninstalls without any errors)
> fink install ghc-text (installs cleanly without any errors)
> 
> Hanspeter



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