On vendredi, avril 26, 2002, at 06:26 , Eric Dufour wrote: > > one of my MAIN update PROBLEMS is TOO LONG NAMES that appears > truncated in "fink list". Since the fink update seems to refuse > wildcards in my hands (no *, no ?) I cannot update these files > with long names. > Is there a way to force wildcards or to have full filenames ? > Since you can only update packages whose descriptions you have on your hard disk, you can look there for the full file name:
find /sw/fink/dists -name \*ness\* Note that you won't see the *-shlibs files like this, because their description hides in a file without the "-shlibs". Another possibility is the less known "--width" parameter for "fink list": fink list --width=120 ness -- Martin _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners