At 18:52 Uhr -0700 10.08.2002, paul beard wrote: >Kevin van Haaren wrote: >>what about doing a fink remove xfree86-base then an update-all? >> >>man fink indicates the remove doesn't check dependencies so you >>should be able to remove it even if other stuff depends on it. >> > >Don't know where you saw that: I'm told the man pages and other docs >are error-free. >
No you weren't told, and you will have a hard time to find any quote that proves your claim. Maybe stop being sarcastic, Paul, it won't help you much to be. [...] >I checked the man page and look, it says it right there. Somehow I'm >sure I'll be told this is my fault as well . . . . <sigh> Well if you *want* to misunderstand us and want to feel offended, there is nothing we can do to change your mind. > remove package... > The remove command removes packages from the system by calling > `dpkg --remove'. The current implementation has several fundamen- > tal flaws. It only works on packages Fink knows about (i.e. .info > file is present). It doesn't check dependencies. It makes one dpkg > invocation per packages, thus not allowing dpkg to reorder accord- > ing to dependencies. > Yup that is outdated, thanks for pointing it out, I'll fix it ASAP. Should better read: The remove command removes packages from the system by calling 'dpkg --remove'. The current implementation has several fundamental flaws. It only works on packages Fink knows about (i.e. .info file is present), and it doesn't check dependencies but rather leaves that work to the dpkg tool (luckily this usually poses no problems). Cheers, Max -- ----------------------------------------------- Max Horn Software Developer email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: (+49) 6151-494890 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
