On 23 Apr 2007, at 17:56, Alexander Hansen wrote: > I don't use a proxy, so I'm not exactly sure what's going on. > My understanding is that apt-get is supposed to pick up the proxy > settings from fink.conf. > Users have reported problems in the past in which the binary > distribution wasn't usable for them, however.
Pretty sure I grabbed the binary version, but I am now going to investigate grabbing the source - is it a painless process? > > When you're updating the descriptions, are you doing this in Fink > Commander, or from the Terminal? And what OS and fink version are > you on? e.g. > > sw_vers sw_vers reports the following: ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.4.9 BuildVersion: 8P2137 > > and > > fink --version reports the following: Package manager version: 0.24.17 Distribution version: 0.8.1 > > 10.4.9 did some nasty things to its sudo that can cause older Fink > stuff to be unhappy. Ohrly? So maybe that is my problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
