On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Jaedreth Skywolf wrote:
> ircii-20020322.tar.gz is the current version of ircii, but fink insists
> on downloading from:
> ftp://ircftp.au.eterna.com.au/pub/ircII/ircii-20010612.tar.gz
That seems to be the latest ported version officially available. You can
probably do a quick & dirty "port" of your own by copying the descriptor
files to your local distribution tree, as:
% cd /sw/fink/dists
% sudo cp ./unstable/main/finkinfo/net/ircii-20010612-2.info \
local/main/finkinfo/net/ircii-20020322-0.info
% sudo cp ./unstable/main/finkinfo/net/ircii-20010612-2.patch \
local/main/finkinfo/net/ircii-20020322-0.patch
Then editing the new .../ircii-20020322-0.* files so that the contents
match the version you are trying to build. Primarily, you'll need to
change the Version: line (should be line #2) from 20010612 to 20020322 in
the .info file, and each of the several instances where 20010612 shows up
in the .patch file you'll have to change it to 20020322 also. If you're
comfortable with vi or vim, you can do this with this command:
:%s_20010612_20020322_gc
(Which just automatically does the substitution I've described.) If you're
lucky this fix should cause you to download the correct version, build,
and install it all properly. Let us know if it works for you.
Also, when coming across an error like this, it's nice to let the package
maintainer know about the issue. The maintainer is noted in that .info
file; in this case it's Justin Hallet, who I've cc'ed on this message.
If this fix works, it can probably be merged into the unstable branch so
that people can start testing it out before it moves over into stable.
--
Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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