Thank you for your response. [] Here's what's wrong with the approach you took: [] [] 1) Modifying sources.list does nothing: the line you commented out [] just makes the packages from the unstable tree that you have built [] yourself known as a source to apt.
I "_UN_commented" the line out and only did so because the fink.conf manpage said keep sources.list in sync with Trees. [] 2) The order of the Trees: line in fink.conf also does nothing for [] you: the highest-numbered version is always what is selected. The [] order only matters when you have two packages with the same version and [] revision in different branches (stable vs unstable). That is a shame. When I was using debian linux (1997-2003), I setup sources.list so I could easily install packages by default from testing then pickup any unstable ones. This would be a powerful feature to add to fink. It would be nice to have the "/stable" and "/unstable" shortcuts after the package names so fully qualified names don't always have to be typed. [] If you really want to install the minimum number of unstable packages, [] consult the FAQ: [] [] http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable [] [] The last paragraph of that section is what you want. OK. I tried something different and I hope it will work. Opinions on it would be greatly appreciated. I only care about 2 packages from unstable at the moment: nmh fetchmail neither had any dependencies upon any other package in unstable. so I just did a 'fink install' of them and when that finished I just switch my fink.conf and sources.list back to the original stable-only verions. For these two packages, would this installation be problematic? Regards, dcj ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
