On Sep 12, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Daniel Macks wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 09:10:54AM -0400, Charles Lepple wrote:
>> On Sep 12, 2009, at 12:00 AM, Andrew Hartung wrote:
>>
>>> Should these be/are there 10.5 trees that should be here?
>>
>> Nope, all of the info files for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 are in the same
>> 10.4 tree (there are different methods used to identify packages  
>> which
>> only work on a subset of architectures or OS versions).
>>
>>> I'd like to go 64 bit with fink; is there somehow I can check to see
>>> what packages are available for 64 bit? There are a couple I must  
>>> have
>>> and would have to stick with 32 bit for now if they are not  
>>> available.
>>
>> If you just have a few that you want to look up, there is the package
>> database:
>>
>> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/
>>
>> Look for a version number in the "10.6/x86_64" row.
>>
>> Someone else might have some magic for parameters to 'fink list' that
>> could check all of the packages you have installed, but the link  
>> above
>> should get you started.
>
> Not sure which kind of magic you want: 'fink list -it' lists what you
> have installed but there is no 'fink list' flag to look at a different
> distribution (osx version or architecture type) than that for which
> your fink is configured. There are hackerish ways if you want them...

By "check all of the packages" I meant "check to see if they exist in  
10.6/x86_64", rather than simply listing them.

If Andrew only wants to look up a handful of packages, then the PDB  
search is probably the easiest way.

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