Meanwhile, I've heard that this is a good resource for info about Fink:
http://funwithfink.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7
I havent even looked at it yet, but from what I've heard, it is worth reading.
Paul
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 11:30 , Rog�rio Brito wrote:
Hi there.
I am an a moderately experienced system administrator using
Debian for x86 (having packaged some programs also), but a
complete newbie regarding fink.
I read the FAQ, but some things were not exactly clear for
me and I would appreciate the help of others.
1 - For instance, I would like to install some packages that
are newer than those available in the latest release of
fink, but does this mean that I have to grab the sources
for them and compile them? Aren't they available in binary
form?
I'm asking this because some of them take quite a lot of
time to compile and probably other people have already
compiled the things which I would like to have.
2 - Connected to the question above, I must confess that I
don't completely understand why fink uses both "apt-get"
and "fink". Wouldn't "apt-get source <package>" work for
building packages from source? That's what I usually use
with Debian...
3 - Does fink feature something like Debian's apt-move, which
moves the packages grabbed from the network to a local
repository in appropriate sections?
4 - Does fink has any security updates section, like Debian's
security.debian.org?
5 - Connected to the apt-move question, what is the
recommended way for creating a local mirror of the
packages for burning them on a CD for disconnected
computers?
Well, thanks for any help regarding these questions.
Thanks, Roger...
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