On 3/1/06, Adrian Mugnolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earlier today I came accross a problem with the "fink > validate" command (a call to an undefined Perl > subroutine).
How about actually pasting the error up instead of leaving us in the dark as to what it is? When I checked against CVS, fink (the > manager) files on my system were not "current". > > According to the man page, "fink selfupdate-cvs" > updates fink (the tool) and Fink (the package tree) > but this seems not to be the case. Is manual CVS > update the recommended (only) method to have both > "finks" in sync with current versions on CVS? > > Thanks in advance. > > P.S. sorry if it's an obvious question. Checked most > documentation available thru the website but can't > seem to find an answer. > > If you use rsync (much, much preferable to cvs updating, by the way) or cvs updating, it does indeed update fink, the essential packages, and points you to the current state of the Fink distributio. What it does _NOT_ do is actually install the new versions of non-essential packages. You have to do that yourself, e.g. via fink "update-all". -- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
