mkfs.vfat on 2007.02

Alex Kavanagh alex at ajkavanagh.co.uk
Fri Jul 25 12:25:05 CEST 2008



Aaron Sowry wrote, On 25/07/08 11:11:
> OK I just removed a 3rd-party repository from /etc/opkg/ 
> (rabenfrost.net) and ran 'opkg update' again which succeeded apart from 
> the normal signature 404 errors. Then when trying the update:
>
> ---------------
> root at om-gta02:/var/volatile/tmp# opkg install ./ncurses_5.4-r15_armv4t.ipk
> Multiple packages (ncurses and ncurses) providing same name marked HOLD 
> or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Multiple packages (ncurses and ncurses) providing same name marked HOLD 
> or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Multiple packages (ncurses and ncurses) providing same name marked HOLD 
> or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Upgrading ncurses on root from 5.4-r14 to 5.4-r15...
> Collected errors:
>  * Package ncurses wants to install file /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
>     But that file is already provided by package  * libncurses5
> ---------------
>
> I can't remove libncurse5 without removing ncurses, and I can't remove 
> ncurses without removing a whole lot of packages that I need. Have I 
> stumbled across a dependency issue?
>   
>From an email by arne anke: on 16 July 2008

---- STARTS ---

do

opkg install -force-overwrite ncurses
and to be sure maybe
opkg install -force-reinstall -force-overwrite libncurses

ncurses seemed to be of version smth5smth while libncurses was of  
smth4smth -- not really sure inhowfar that's problematic.

--- ENDS ---

Essentially, you have to get the package manager out of it's dependency
issue by overriding its dependency.  I haven't done this, but the above
information may help.

Cheers
Alex.

> Aaron
>
> arne anka wrote:
>   
>>> Upgrading ncurses on root from 5.4-r14 to 5.4-r15...
>>> Collected errors:
>>>  * Package ncurses md5sum mismatch. Either the opkg or the package index
>>> are corrupt. Try 'opkg update'.
>>> [...]
>>> It's also strange that no matter how many times I run 'opkg install' I
>>> always get the "Upgrading ncurses on root from 5.4-r14 to 5.4-r15..."
>>> line. Anyone know what's going on? Does the wiki need updating?
>>>     
>>>       
>> if you look at the last line of the upgrade you'll notice the checksum  
>> mismatch.
>> did you do
>> okg update
>> before as proposed?
>> the installation of the new ncurses fails because the checksums do not  
>> match -- so it keep scoming up again and again and again.
>> if you did opkg update before you probably need to check where the ncurses  
>> package is downloadad from, there's something wrong.
>>
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