The other points are good changes to make, so I've done so.
-- Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
On Jan 9, 2004, at 4:21 AM, Lloyd Budd wrote:
Hi,
I think that I have identified some issues with one of the FAQ items that likely could be corrected fairly easily:
Q4.8: There's this package in unstable that I want to install, but the fink command just says 'no package found'. How can I install it?
The FAQ reads:
If you only want one or two specific packages, and nothing else from unstable, then you need to switch over to CVS updating, because rsync only updates the trees that are active in your fink.conf. Edit /sw/etc/fink.conf and addlocal/main to the Trees: line, if not present. Then you'll need to run fink selfupdate to download the package description files. Now copy the relevant .info files (and their associated .patch files, if there are any) from /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo to /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo. However, note that your package may depend on other packages (or particular versions) which are also only in unstable. You will have to move their .info and .patch files as well. After you move all of the files, make sure to run fink index, so that Fink's record of available packages is updated.
Based on "over to CVS updating" I assume that the selfupdate would be to cvs
-> fink selfupdate-cvs
The instructions do not state this.
I had already done this, so I do not believe I can verify this.
Also the path to copy the .info & .patch file are not correct in my case. It is not under /sw/fink/dists , but under /sw/fink/10.3/ . Also in my case it is under crypto not main, but that is a lesser element.
HTH, Lloyd D Budd
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