Adrian Simmons wrote: []
finkcommander doesn't seem to work correctly with this, the option to install Binary packages generally isn't available in the menu
It works for me, in general. I noticed, however, that there are some situations where apt-get is not telling the truth about available binary packages. (Probably something to do with the Conflicts: field; apt-get upgrade then talks about "holding back" some packages). In these cases, FinkCommander doesn't show the correct available binary version either. FC uses apt-cache and apt-get internally to update its information about binary packages and to install them.
To what extent should apt-get be used to update fink itself on the G3? (Packages like apt, debian-utils and so on)
Is 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get -u upgrade' equivalent to 'fink selfupdate' followed by 'fink update-all', and safe to use?
It is safe to use, but not equivalent. "apt-get upgrade" installs precompiled binaries from the URLs listed in sources.list, 'fink update-all" compiles locally from source. Same difference as between "apt-get install" and "fink install".
This seems helpful, but how much applies to the fink version of apt: <http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html>
I don't know if anyone has ever looked systematically which apt commands can be used with Fink and which cannot. What seems clear is that in addition to the commands handling installation and removal of binary packages, all the commands related to apt's database seem to work, but those concerning package sources don't.
-- Martin
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