selfupdate-cvs by itself doesn't give you access to any of the unstable packages. You also need to enable the unstable trees (using FinkCommander or by editing /sw/etc/fink.conf . Did you do this?
If you did, then there's a possibility that a 10.1->10.2 upgrade got confused. You can check this out by doing "ls -l /sw/fink" and see whether /sw/fink/dists does in fact exist, and that it is a symbolic link to /sw/fink/10.2 . On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 15:36, Jeffry C. Nichols wrote: > I hope this is an easy question, as I can't find anything about it on the > docs or FAQs (not that it isn't there). > > I have successfully run the update to include the CVS information in Fink > (and by extension, Fink Commander) so that I can install some of the > unstable scientific packages. However, what fink lists as the available > package is not necessarily the latest (which I understand can be a common > problem). > > However, during the CVS update, I noticed that the .info and .patch files > were being loaded into both a 10.2/ directory and a 10.1/ directory. I > assume this is in reference to the Mac OS X operating version. So, for > example, a package called xdrawchem is listed as version 1.6.4-1 in the > /sw/fink/10.2/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci directory, while it is version > 1.3.2-1 in the /sw/fink/10.1/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci directory. > > A look at the website for xdrawchem however lists no OS X 10.2 version > requirements for this program, so if indeed Fink is separating out 10.1 and > 10.2 but it's not a valid separation, what do I need to do to install the > latest? > > I've tried downloading the latest from the web site itself and running "fink > install xdrawchem-1.6.4-1" but it says that the package doesn't exist. I've > also read that you can manually download the .info and .package files, but > for several programs I can't find them. Can I just copy over the .info and > .patch files from the 10.2 directory? > > Sorry if this is long winded--just trying to figure things out. > > Thanks for any help. > > Jeff Nichols > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
