What has been done is that Fink has "Master" mirrors set up, on which every source file is supposed to be available. This is in the FAQ, too.
The master sites _are_ updated automatically, though when a new version of a package comes out it takes a while for the new source tarball to get mirrored.
-- Alexander Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
On Jan 13, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Gottfried Szing wrote:
hi girls and guys,
maybe this question has been already answered in the past. but i cannot find a definite answer for this in the archives or in the FAQ. i have already tried the user-list, but with no success til now.
since i am using unstable i have always problems with the downloads. i mean that the download server has version X and the info file shows version Y, where X > Y. so the download obviously does not work. ok, the FAQ recommends to search for the package and to place is it into the /sw/src/ directory. sure this works, when you are happy to find the correct version of the file.
but there are some drawbacks like:
- it is not working all the time (sometimes i cannot find the right version)
- it is boring, to search for so many packages in the net.
- ease of use, because i want to start the update, go for a beer and come back in the morning, when everything is done.
i understand that unstable means unstable and i expect some problems. why not, maintaing the lot of packages is really tough.
isnt there a way of automatic link checking and checking the consistence of the info-files with the download locations? is there such a tool?
if the problems could be found in advance i think this would also improve the confidence into fink - even for unexperienced users. is there an automatic testing of the info files?
mabye this is the wrong location for the post, but any comments and corrections are highly appreciated.
gottfried
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