On 2/24/06, Chris Zubrzycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:59 PM, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > I noticed today when doing a 'fink selfupdate' and 'fink update- > > all' > > from the 10.4-transitional unstable cvs a problem with the python > > packages. > > I had both python23 and python24 installed on this machine so both > > packages > > were to be updated with new builds. Unfortunately, while python24 now > > build conflicts with blt-dev, python23 still build depends on blt-dev. > > This sets up a conflict preventing 'fink update-all' from working > > properly. > > Why have we forked the blt dependency on the two different pythons? > > Well, the 2 different pythons are, well, different. update one, then > continue the update-all. My guess is python 2.3 needs something in > blt-dev, and it breaks python 2.4. > > - -chris zubrzycki > - - -- > PGP public key: http://homepage.mac.com/beren/publickey.txt > ID: 0xA2ABC070 > Fingerprint: 26B0 BA6B A409 FA83 42B3 1688 FBF9 8232 A2AB C070 > ======================================================== > > "Sadly, text alone cannot convey the depths of my sarcasm." > >
blt-dev does indeed break python24. The problem in this case really isn't with the python* packages--any arbitrary pair of packages can have this problem. The issue is that when there's a buildconflict fink removes the offending package, as one would expect, but puts it back after the very next package is installed, whatever it is. E.g.: Packages A and C are eligible for update Package A has a build conflict on B and depends on E Package C has a build depend on D Package E is not currently installed On update-all, if fink happens to decide that A should be built first: B is removed D is installed B is reinstalled A fails. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
