Hi, I am almost sure that /sw/fink/debs/ has to be copied, as well (or the links have to be set manually).
I know from my own experience that this directory is a kind of a reference for fink. Without the links, fink starts to build the packages again, although the debs are in the dists directory. Stephan On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 07:33 , Derek Homeier wrote: > On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 03:40 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: >> >> sudo rsync -az -e ssh /sw othermachine:/ >> >> There are some more caveats: Some packages need to run postinstall >> scripts. Some are installing stuff outside /sw (the xfree packages, of >> course; also g77; and anything that uses daemonic, most notably >> openssh). And if your /sw is not /sw but for example a symlink, the >> real >> path may be hardcoded somewhere if you are not careful. So you may >> expect some more or less subtle breakage. Nothing that can't be >> repaired, usually by a "fink reinstall" or else "fink rebuild", but be >> warned. I have done it twice, it's possible but maybe not completely >> painless. >> > An alternative were to install the base system and copy over the > /fink/dists tree from your existing installation, then fink should just > use your local .deb files for setting up the other packages. > > Derek > > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
