[SOLVED] Can't run slackpkg, no such file '\rChangeLog.txt' error
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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’.
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:
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 )-: ).
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:
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.
Maybe try to remove curl and wget packages and install previous version (those that match with 14.1 stable)
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:
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