Le 11 janv. 2005, � 19:52, Joris Gillis a �crit :
Everything is going "quite smooth" now. But I've got a problem with files to seem to be missing. I found out some of the packages I compiled are archived. Why does Fink archieve certain packages? What's the purpose of it?Normally all packages are archived, or I may not have the same understanding of the word archive as you have.
If you mean some packages are not installed, i.e. for example foo-dev packages, it is on purpose. When you compile/install an elaborated package, it is split generally (not always though) into a main package (foo), a shared library package (foo-shlibs) and a development package (foo-dev). The dev packages are only useful at compile time, not at run time, that is why there are first compiled, then used in the process of compiling another package which requires them at its own compile time. The shlibs package, a contrario, are useful at run time, those one are not normally "archived".
You can re-install the dev packages thereafter, but the only effect it will have is to pollute unnecessarily your disk space. It has no bad effect on the compile/install time of another package which require them, as they are already compiled, so it's just a matter of minutes or even seconds to install them again for use with another packages, and this is done automatically by Fink.
Rule one: be lazy, if fink does things automatically and correctly for you, let it do it.
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