On Fri, October 6, 2006 7:08 am, Pedro A Reche wrote:
> Hi,
> I just transferred the information from a g4powerbook to an intel-
> based macpro using a firewire connection. It seems that during that
> process Fink got also transferred along with all my Fink
> applications (I have a /sw directory). To my surprise fink
> transferred to the intel computer works as well as all the other
> applications in /sw/bin. The Fink version I have is
> bio 22% fink -V
> Package manager version: 0.24.10
> Distribution version: 0.8.0.rsync
>
> Now I want/need to update Fink to 0.81. However, since Fink was
> compiled in the powerbook I do not know whether I should update fink
> doing fink self-update or delete fink and then install it from the
> source using the for intel version. Also, If I do fink self-
> update, and then fink update all, am I going to end up with a mixture
> of intel and powerpc compiled applications? This a bit confusing and
> I will appreciate your suggestions on what is best to do .
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> pedro
>
The Rosetta emulation layer is clearly doing it's job for your PowerPC
binarie, then.
The "fink" tool doessn't care about the architecture because it's written
in Perl, but other programs it needs (specifically dpkg) won't work
properly--I don't think you'll even be able to do a selfupdate.
You should remove your PowerPC fink tree and install from the Intel
installer.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink Documenter
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