On 26/11/13 23:08, Viv Kendon wrote: [] > Having been running my own private bindists to save > compiling the same thing for several similar macs, I > discovered this some years ago[*], some of the bindist code > has been disabled or removed from fink when there was no > official bindist. I was advised then to use sudo apt-get > update followed by sudo apt-get dist-upgrade after setting > the correct lines in /sw/etc/apt/sources.list > > This works, but has the undesirable effect of not updating > the package descriptions, only the lists of available debs. > So I do run fink selfupdate after doing the apt-get > commands. > > It would be nice to have the bindist functionality restored, > but it does work OK with apt-get. [] >> From: Viv Kendon <v.ken...@leeds.ac.uk> > To: Fink Users Mailing List > <fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:26:56 +0000 (GMT) > Subject: [Fink-users] using own binary dist with 10.6
I see. You should get some medal for staying with Fink despite years of suffering :-) Apparently this has been broken since the first x86_64 distribution. Over on the fink-devel list, thesin has now found the explanation: > the issue was that apt was converting _ into %5f in the debarch > darwin-x86_64 = darwin-x86%5f64 in the deb file name. So fink could > never find it and thus thought it wasn't present. He fixed it in Fink/PkgVersion.pm. The next fink release should bring the fix to everybody. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
