As one of those eager types, I have jumped in to try this update. Here's where I stand so far (note that I continue to cycle through the selfupdate|update process in the hopes that the various dependencies will ultimately get loaded and the update will complete):
1) I am asked to identify several virtual dependencies: ghostscript, octave, gnuplot. I didn't have this in the most recent fink update. Accepting the defaults and proceeding with installation has gotten me down from 282 packages to 85, but... 2) There seems to be a problem with ghostscript. One time through the cycle, fink craps out with an inconsistent dependencies error, and tells me to "fink scanpackages|sudo apt-get update|sudo apt-get install ghostscript=8.61-5". When I do this, fink changes the virtual dependency questions. I embed them here: ----------------------------------- fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) tetex-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation (2) ptex-base: ASCII publishing TeX (3) ptex-nox-base: ASCII publishing TeX (4) tetex-nox-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation Pick one: [3] fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) ghostscript-nox: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF (2) ghostscript6-nox: Intrp. for PostScript/PDF, v6.01, no X11 support Pick one: [1] fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) tetex-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation (2) tetex-nox-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation (3) ptex-base: ASCII publishing TeX (4) ptex-nox-base: ASCII publishing TeX Pick one: [4] fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) octave-atlas: Matlab-like language for computations (2) octave: Matlab-like language for computations Pick one: [1] fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) gnuplot: Command-driven interactive plotting program (2) gnuplot-nox: Command-driven interactive plotting program Pick one: [1] ------------------------- I'll note that ptex/tetex comes up twice, and ghostscript-nox comes up (even though I just installed ghostscript=8.61-5). During the install, it looks like ghostscript gets uninstalled in favor of ghostscript-nox, and then fink craps out with a circular dependencies error. Cheers, David --- On Mon, 7/14/08, David Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: David Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: if you use fink to install gnucash > To: "GNUCash Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:17 PM > The Great Gnome Update in fink has occurred. Taking pieces > of Gnome > from as old as 2.12 up to mostly 2.20, there're lots of > upgraded apps. > > The biggest changes for fink users of gnucash (via the fink > package > named gnucash2) is that now printing will work much better > and you can > edit account names without crashing gnucash. > > One potential sticking point is that if you have custom > defined check > formats, you will have to create them again. Gnomeprint > (the old) had > its page origin (0,0) at the lower left of the page. > GtkPrint (the > new) has its origin at the upper left of the page. > > This major update affects any fink user who has OS X 10.4 > or 10.5 on > their machine. > > Since the change happened tonight, you may want to wait a > day for the > dust to settle. I have been using gnucash built against the > new gnome > dependencies for many weeks. I don't expect problems > as long as the > fink mirrors keep things straight, and fink itself > doesn't try to > build the new versions out of order. > > If things work as planned, issuing the following commands > in a > terminal window should get you gnucash built against the > new gnome > packages: > fink selfupdate > fink update gnucash2 > > Be prepared for the update step to take a long time-- maybe > as long as > the first time you built gnucash2. Fink will probably ask > you if it is > OK to upgrade another 100 packages along with gnucash2 (say > yes!) > Gnucash will still be version 2.2.5. (You could also do > 'fink update- > all' instead of 'fink update gnucash2'. It > shouldn't matter for > gnucash. If you use other fink programs update-all might be > a better > route.) > > While not necessary, I upgraded the versions of guile and > slib used by > gnucash to 1.8 and 3b1 in the new gnucash2 packaging. It > will take a > few more minutes to do the update, but these are current > versions > instead of nearly ancient ones. > > Dave > -- > David Reiser > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
