On 20/3/02 3:54 AM, "Rich Ramos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> the tree info would be nice but then the list command would get bulky and >> we are already running out of room for short descs and pkg names. > > I'm not necessarily asking for a tree view (all though that would be nice > maybe > as a verbose option?), but I agree that could get bulky. Maybe just add some > more codes like 'u' for only unstable available and 'u-s' for the fact that > there are stable and unstable versions available. As others have said, this could get very bulky... It would be better for this functionality to be integrated into an interface or use a pre-existing interface. One that I know of (which can be used on Debian) is aptitude, which offers a tree listing of packages installed, upgraded, not installed, etc. It would be easier, and cleaner, for this to be ported. However, it would probably only work for the stable (binary) distribution at this point, as it's a front-end to apt, which is what dselect is too. (In other other words, I don't think it can build the source packages that the actual 'fink' application can.) > >> If it's in unstable trust me you need to compile from scratch. > > I'm completely aware of that fact. However here's the current problem, what > about this: > bitchx 1.0c18-3 IRC client > tells me that it's currently only available as unstable? I don't get the point of indicating whether a package is in unstable or stable. If you have the unstable distribution enabled in your PREFIX/etc/fink.conf file, then when you do a 'fink list', the only packages that will show up are the latest (unstable packages), as it is almost definite that if there's a package in stable, there will be the same (or newer) package in unstable. As long as 'fink list' reports the packages available for the distribution you have chosen (stable or unstable), which I believe it does, then there shouldn't be any problem... Hope that explains things, do tell if I've misunderstood what you're trying to say! _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
