Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Trevor Harmon wrote: > >> So, is there any way to tell Fink, "Always resolve dependencies with >> stable binary packages, even when installing unstable packages from >> source"? > > Yes. From "man fink", in the Options section: > > -b, --use-binary-dist > Download pre-compiled binary packages from the binary distribution > if available and if deb is not already on the system
Note that this option causes fink to download a given package-version in preference to compiling it *after* deciding what version to use. That's a bit different than considering binary availability when deciding what version to use, something fink cannot presently do. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
