THE
most important change
you should consider is. . .
Source Packages much like the true Debian distributions.
Contains all source code fink patches in one .deb file.
So when the upstream author changes his code,
or the site is down, or she moves the file, or. . .
fink install whatever
On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 08:14 PM, Max Horn wrote:
At 18:26 Uhr -0400 28.05.2002, Kyle Moffett wrote:
I have been extensively looking at the Fink coding and Perl scripts/libraries, and I think I have an idea. I believe that much of the Fink code needs an overhaul. The whole dependancy
On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 05:42 PM, Max Horn wrote:
At 16:47 Uhr -0400 29.05.2002, Kyle Moffett wrote:
The most frequently occurring problem is the lack of Fink
implementation of the Conflicts field. It is currently only
implemented by dpkg. Here is an example of a problem:
I
I have been extensively looking at the Fink coding and Perl
scripts/libraries, and I think I have an idea. I believe that much of
the Fink code needs an overhaul. The whole dependancy system is
starting to break down. (See recent threads involving splitoff/shared
libs problems) Also, a
At 18:26 Uhr -0400 28.05.2002, Kyle Moffett wrote:
I have been extensively looking at the Fink coding and Perl
scripts/libraries, and I think I have an idea. I believe that much
of the Fink code needs an overhaul. The whole dependancy system is
starting to break down. (See recent threads
Kyle,
The process of upgrading existing packages to fit into a good shared
libraries system is almost over. All of the dependency problems that have
arisen in the past few weeks have been side-effects of the upgrade, and all
of them have been quickly resolved. Once the upgrade is over, there
On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 09:10 PM, David R. Morrison wrote:
Kyle,
The process of upgrading existing packages to fit into a good shared
libraries system is almost over. All of the dependency problems that have
arisen in the past few weeks have been side-effects of the upgrade, and all
of
Kyle,
I agree that we need to improve fink to respond better in those circumstances.
The problem has been with us ever since users have been prompted for a
choice (from late October or early November). For example, if a user
attempts to install bundle-tetex, he/she is repeatedly asked to choose
