On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 01:45:28PM -0400, Benjamin Reed wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jack Howarth wrote: > > > > Scanning package description files....WARNING: Unresolved CVS conflicts in > > "/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/ccp4.info". > > WARNING: Repeated occurrence of field "depends" at line 61 of > > "/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/ccp4.info". > > WARNING: Repeated occurrence of field "builddepends" at line 62 of > > "/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/ccp4.info". > > WARNING: Repeated occurrence of field "buildconflicts" at line 63 of > > "/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/ccp4.info". > > > > It should clearly state these are unresolved merges in the info > > file and request the user to solve them or delete the file and > > pull it down again. > > That said, it's probably better to make this an ERROR instead of a > WARNING and dump right out, so people don't think this is something they > can ignore, or lose in the middle of the output somewhere.
Aborting during indexing, especially the automatic indexing that happens after a selfupdate, is a Bad Idea because the automatic update of the Essential packages won't happen. We could make the warning louder and less buried. I *think* these files are not indexed (assumed to be in a broken state). And if there's a CVS conflict, we already know the file is in a broken state, so why bother even looking further and noticing the dup fields? We might be able to set a Finally message about it, but in the grand scheme of things, this is both a rare problem and not a serious one: if you're doing this kind of editing, you already (should at least!) know you're at risk for CVS conflicts. And so what? So there's a file that needs to be fixed before its contents can be used...that has zero effect beyond whatever packages you're hacking in that one file. dan -- Daniel Macks dma...@netspace.org http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
