[Fink-beginners] how to update

[Robert T Wyatt]

I'm trying to give myself a set procedure to safely and intelligently 
update my packages.  It's designed to be a list of things that never 
hurt, but some steps may not always be necessary.  I'd like to know 
if there are steps that are never necessary in the order given, or if 
there is a better order to do them in, or missing steps, etc.

Here's what I've got with comments about what my impression is about 
why I'm doing it.  Please add comments or steps that you think are 
appropriate:

(logged in as root)

fink scanpackages            (refreshes fink's list of available files)
fink index                   (rebuild the package cache)
sudo apt-get update          (tell apt-get what fink wants)
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade    (get available binaries to save compile time)
fink scanpackages            (tells fink what apt-get did)
fink index                   (rebuild the package cache)
fink selfupdate              (checks for/installs new fink version)
fink update-all              (get updated files not available via apt-get)
I'm certain that I don't know exactly what I'm doing here, so any 
help is appreciated.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Robert

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