Thanks to Chris and Martin (later post). I made the changes and have spent the last 30 minutes or so watching the screen scroll. Unfortunately, it failed with an error at patch, since it was looking for gimp-1.2.3-4.patch.
I made that change, and also changed the .info file to 1.2.3-4 and tried reinstalling. However, it failed with the following messages: libtool: ltconfig version `' does not match ltmain.sh version `1.3.5' Fatal configuration error. See the libtool docs for more information. make[3]: *** [gimp-remote-1.2] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 ### make failed, exit code 2 Failed: compiling gimp-1.2.3-4 failed So, maybe patience is the better virtue. (But as Martin says, where's the fun in that?) Sure beats the IBM 1620 I first played with... Stan > >> I've been reading the recent posts to the effect that, by placing the >> source tarballs in /sw/src, fink install will "do the job." >> >> gimp-1.2.2 has been replaced by gimp-1.2.3. > >Ok, while an update to the Fink libraries is pending, you should be able >to rig this manually. In addition to the tarballs in /sw/src, you have: > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/graphics/gimp-1.2.2-4.info > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/graphics/gimp-1.2.2-4.patch > >...or something to that effect. You should be able to copy each of these >files to a properly numbered version, then edit the contents of the new >files appropriately: > > % cd /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/graphics > % cp gimp-1.2.2-4.info gimp-1.2.3-0.info > % cp gimp-1.2.2-4.patch gimp-1.2.3-0.patch > % vi gimp-1.2.3* > >In the .info file, just change the second line from: > > old: Version: 1.2.2 > new: Version: 1.2.3 > >...and that's the only change I see. The patch file, on the other hand, >needs to be adjusted in several place. If you're using vi or vim, you >should be able to do the following substitution: > > :%s#1.2.2#1.2.3#gc > >...which should prompt you before changing each instance. Use your >judgement; swapping them all looks like 12 changes for me. > >Once you have this updated package description in place, and having the >tarball on hand in /sw/src, you should be able to run the Fink install >process normally. > >In despearation or impatience, this strategy should be usable in general >for any situation where you want to install a version of a package other >than what your Fink catalog suggests. > > >-- >Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/ > > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Fink-beginners mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > >End of Fink-beginners Digest -- Stan _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
