On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 07:31:29PM -0500, Benjamin Reed wrote: > Kevin Horton wrote: > > >>Did you run "fink -b selfupdate" first? This is needed, because this > >>new "-b" stuff runs its own database which is different from the ones > >>used by either fink, dpkg, or apt. > > > >No, I had never run "fink -b selfupdate". I didn't see it under "man > >fink", so I didn't do it. > > Honestly, requiring Yet Another Indexing Command seems a bit silly to > me. Why is this not done during a selfupdate and/or scanpackages?
The extra internal action is an 'apt-get update'. IIRC, the thinking was "why download all those datafiles if user's not gonna use them?" Just like we don't rsync trees that aren't enabled. OTOH, it's rare that these downloaded lists change and they're only about 300K so not a huge or perpetual burden in the grand scheme of things. Seems like it's less of a concern for those who set UseBinaryDist:true in their fink.conf rather than having to remember -b at each selfupdate, which is the default behavior to which users are migrating. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
