Thanks for your suggestion. I didn't know putting them into local would work
(or what local was for, even). Is there a place that explains the Fink
directory structure (specifically the difference between the main and crypto
directories, and where the "0.3.2a-stable", "current-stable", and
"current-unstable" things go and how they differ)?
Thanks,
Chris

> From: Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:17:14 -0600 (CST)
> To: Chris Luth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: Fink-beginners digest, Vol 1 #146 - 15 msgs
> 
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Chris Luth wrote:
> 
>> I followed your suggestion. Just as a note for the other people who are
>> experiencing the same problem, you must also move the audiofile .info
>> file from unstable to stable (the new esound has a dependency on the new
>> audiofile). 
> 
> Actually, that's kind of a bad habit. When copying files out of unstable,
> it's better to copy them into local, not stable. This accurately notes
> that the package was "local"ly put there, rather than part of the standard
> set of stable packages.
> 
> For the first month or two I was using Fink I kept putting things in
> stable like this, and it still messes up CVS updates every now and then
> because something I put there is in the way of something CVS is trying to
> update. Since switching to using the local branch, I've encountered no new
> problems (just lingering old ones).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Devers                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/
> 
> 


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