> It appears (at least it did for me) that you can freely switch back and > forth, with the caveat that if you try reverting to CVS, you may wind up not > being able to update because of server problems (same old, same old). >
Hi Alexander,
Yes, you can switch between rsync and cvs (and even back to point if you are so inclined), but it is not recommended. For one thing, every time you switch you have to check out the entire tree all over again, it is a big waste of bandwidth. For another, it is still unclear whether the anonymous cvs update method will remain an option for users. When we get some more rsync mirrors, it is possible that the ability for users to do anonymous cvs selfupdate's will be removed from fink.
Also, `fink selfupdate' is the only documented method of updating package descriptions, if users wish to change the update method they can do so by editing the "SelfUpdateMethod" field in fink.conf (or at the moment they can do "selfupdate-rsync" or "selfupdate-cvs" to change the setting). SelfUpdateMethod can be set to one of "cvs" "rsync" or "point" . Changes to this field are recognized the next time fink selfupdate is run, and the method listed in the configuration file will be used.
0.14.2 has some fixes from Ben Reed for rsync method bugs in 0.14.0, but all in all everything seems to be working well. One thing to keep in mind is the rsync method only updates trees listed in fink.conf, so a user who does a selfupdate with only stable enabled will not get new unstable package descriptions.
Oh, I think most of this is documented in `man fink.conf' for once :-).
Peter -- Peter O'Gorman - http://www.pogma.com
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