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Can't run slackpkg, no such file '\rChangeLog.txt' error

I can't run slackpkg update.
Running Slackware 14.1.
I think before this happened, I was running 'slackpkg update' with mirror in slackware -current instead of 14.1.

I do not know how to correct the situation now. Please help.
Thanks.

Error I get:

Quote:

bash-4.2# slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
Downloading...
ChangeLog.txt... Downloading ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/
--2016-04-19 19:37:12-- ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/s...DChangeLog.txt
=> ‘/tmp/slackpkg.fEmhSf/ChangeLog.txt’
Resolving ftp.cc.swin.edu.au (ftp.cc.swin.edu.au)... 136.186.1.76, 2001:388:6080:64::dc41:1cf
Connecting to ftp.cc.swin.edu.au (ftp.cc.swin.edu.au)|136.186.1.76|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /slackware/slackware-14.1 ... done.
==> SIZE \rChangeLog.txt ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR \rChangeLog.txt ...
No such file ‘\rChangeLog.txt’.

.rror downloading from ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/
Please, check your mirror and try again.

I have never been a fan of that mirror. Try editing your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to use http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/s...lackware-14.1/ instead.

The \r implies that you have a configuration file that has some Windows-style line endings (\r\n) rather than Unix line endings (just \n). Try opening slackpkg.conf in vim and run the following commands:

Code:

:e ++ff=dos

:setlocal ff=unix

:wq

allend, problem still...

Quote:

bash-4.2# slackpkg update

GPG-KEY... Downloading ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...lackware-14.1/
--2016-04-19 20:26:46-- ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...4.1/%0DGPG-KEY
=> ‘/tmp/slackpkg.CpZ8ZA/gpgkey’
Resolving mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)... 150.101.135.3
Connecting to mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)|150.101.135.3|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/slackware/slackware-14.1 ... done.
==> SIZE \rGPG-KEY ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR \rGPG-KEY ...
No such file ‘\rGPG-KEY’.

Updating the package lists...
Downloading...
ChangeLog.txt... Downloading ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...lackware-14.1/
--2016-04-19 20:26:51-- ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...DChangeLog.txt
=> ‘/tmp/slackpkg.CpZ8ZA/ChangeLog.txt’
Resolving mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)... 150.101.135.3
Connecting to mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)|150.101.135.3|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/slackware/slackware-14.1 ... done.
==> SIZE \rChangeLog.txt ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR \rChangeLog.txt ...
No such file ‘\rChangeLog.txt’.

.rror downloading from ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...lackware-14.1/
Please, check your mirror and try again.

bash-4.2#

Quote:

No such file ‘\rGPG-KEY’.

Do 'slackpkg update gpg'.

I did, but here the results:

Quote:

bash-4.2# slackpkg update gpg

GPG-KEY... Downloading ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...lackware-14.1/
--2016-04-19 20:57:08-- ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/sl...4.1/%0DGPG-KEY
=> ‘/tmp/slackpkg.ZalGLx/gpgkey’
Resolving mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)... 150.101.135.3
Connecting to mirror.internode.on.net (mirror.internode.on.net)|150.101.135.3|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/slackware/slackware-14.1 ... done.
==> SIZE \rGPG-KEY ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR \rGPG-KEY ...
No such file ‘\rGPG-KEY’.

bash-4.2#

why it kept saying

Quote:

No such file ‘\rGPG-KEY’

and

Quote:

No such file ‘\rChangeLog.txt’.

Have you been messing with files using Windows?
THat "\r" looks like an extraneous carriage return character introduced by a Windows editor. (I have been down that route this week with someone wondering why my script no longer works after it was opened with g++ in Windows )-: ).

i really no idea of what is happening...

Possibly that mirror has misconfigured ascii mode in their ftp server. Try http instead of ftp, and/or use a different mirror.

gabytf, perhaps you missed this post:

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTM (Post 5533297)

Code:

:e ++ff=dos

:setlocal ff=unix

:wq

Hello,

As pointed out by CTM, one (or more) of your configuration files has Windows-style line endings.

The error messages indicate that the selected mirror in your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors ends with a Windows line endings :

Code:



$ unix2dos /etc/slackpkg/mirrors

unix2dos: converting file /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to DOS format...



$ slackpkg update gpg



Downloading ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64GPG-KEY...

--2016-04-19 16:17:53--  ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/%0DGPG-KEY

          => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.p8ObPa/gpgkey’

Resolving nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)... 195.83.118.1

Connecting to nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)|195.83.118.1|:21... connected.

Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!

==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.

==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1 ... done.

==> SIZE \rGPG-KEY ... done.

==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR \rGPG-KEY ... 

No such file ‘\rGPG-KEY’.



slackpkg update



Updating the package lists...

        Downloading...

                        Downloading ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64ChangeLog.txt...

--2016-04-19 16:22:07--  ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/%0DChangeLog.txt

          => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.D0k1Wm/ChangeLog.txt’

Resolving nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)... 195.83.118.1

Connecting to nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)|195.83.118.1|:21... connected.

Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!

==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.

==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1 ... done.

==> SIZE \rChangeLog.txt ... done.

==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR \rChangeLog.txt ... 

No such file ‘\rChangeLog.txt’.





.rror downloading from ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/

Please, check your mirror and try again.

If you run the following command :

Code:

$ dos2unix /etc/slackpkg/mirrors

dos2unix: converting file /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to Unix format...

slackpkg should work as expected:

Code:

slackpkg update gpg



                        Downloading ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/GPG-KEY...

--2016-04-19 16:19:27--  ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/GPG-KEY

          => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.HVluoY/gpgkey’

Resolving nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)... 195.83.118.1

Connecting to nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)|195.83.118.1|:21... connected.

Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!

==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.

==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1 ... done.

==> SIZE GPG-KEY ... 1572

==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR GPG-KEY ... done.

Length: 1572 (1.5K) (unauthoritative)



100%[=============================================================>] 1,572      --.-K/s  in 0.001s  



2016-04-19 16:19:27 (2.38 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.HVluoY/gpgkey’ saved [1572]



                        Slackware Linux Project's GPG key added



$ slackpkg update



Updating the package lists...

        Downloading...

                        Downloading ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/ChangeLog.txt...

--2016-04-19 16:22:37--  ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1/ChangeLog.txt

          => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.x6NV8a/ChangeLog.txt’

Resolving nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)... 195.83.118.1

Connecting to nephtys.lip6.fr (nephtys.lip6.fr)|195.83.118.1|:21... connected.

Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!

==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.

==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-14.1 ... done.

==> SIZE ChangeLog.txt ... 335640

==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR ChangeLog.txt ... done.

Length: 335640 (328K) (unauthoritative)

...

You can also do that with /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf if needed :

Code:

$ dos2unix /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf

dos2unix: converting file /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf to Unix format...

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Quote:

Possibly that mirror has misconfigured ascii mode in their ftp server. Try http instead of ftp, and/or use a different mirror.

No way. The mirror.internode.on.net/pub/slackware/ site is my preferred local mirror and has always been reliable for me.

PS - My apologies to CTM. I missed your original post about the Windows line endings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabytf (Post 5533286)

Maybe try to remove curl and wget packages and install previous version (those that match with 14.1 stable)

this is what i get:

Quote:

bash-4.2# dos2unix /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
bash: dos2unix: command not found
bash-4.2# dos2unix /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf
bash: dos2unix: command not found
bash-4.2#

sorry that i actually do not know how to run the command in vim as CTM advised:

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTM View Post
The \r implies that you have a configuration file that has some Windows-style line endings (\r\n) rather than Unix line endings (just \n). Try opening slackpkg.conf in vim and run the following commands:

Code:

:e ++ff=dos
:setlocal ff=unix
:wq