Thanks, Alexander. I was just curious. Bill
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/2/13 9:10 AM, Bill Waggoner wrote: >> >> I noticed today that on two different, but otherwise running the same >> OS, systems I see >> >> Scanning package description files.......... >> Information about 7404 packages read in 2 seconds. >> >> on one, and >> >> Scanning package description files.......... >> Information about 7408 packages read in 1 seconds. >> >> on the other. >> >> I went poking around and I find that I have some files in >> /sw/fink/10.8/local/injected/finkinfo/update-packages >> >> in particular: >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5717 Aug 17 2012 perl586-10.5.info >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1146 Aug 17 2012 rman-10.5.info >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 564 Aug 17 2012 rman-10.5.patch >> >> I don't think I have rman installed, fink list rman doesn't think so >> anyway and I don't know what perl586 is at all. Although there is a >> /sw/lib/fink/update-packages/perl586-10.5.info file. A diff shows >> minor changes between the two. >> >> And that's only two .info files, the difference is four as far as I can >> tell. >> >> Should I just remove the three files under local/...? Why are there >> 10.5 files hanging around? Both of these systems were fresh installs >> although several months apart ... >> >> Something to ponder on a warm Sunday afternoon ... >> >> Thanks! >> >> Bill W >> > > The package count reflects files rather than installable packages. Those > -10.5 packages aren't visible on 10.8. You can remove them if you want. > > As to why the difference, I would expect that it's due to your having > installed a pre-release fink on one machine at one point, and having stuck > to release versions on the other. Those files don't actually get packed > into the .deb archive. > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
