Martin Costabel wrote: > Robert T Wyatt wrote: > [] >> $ fink rebuild bash >> Information about 4067 packages read in 1 seconds. >> Can't resolve dependency "fink (>= 0.28.0)" for package >> "gettext-tools-0.14.5-4" >> >> Turns out that bash-2.05b-1013 depends on an un-versioned gettext-tools >> and apparently the one in stable depends on a fink which is not in >> stable! (Maybe there's a good reason for that but it seems odd at first >> glance.) > > But fink-0.28.5 *is* in stable. The as yet unexplained episode is that > for some people, the fink-0.28.5 package description, although it is > available on their machine, is not seen by fink-0.27.16, until "fink > index -f" is run. > > I don't know if this was your case, too, but it seems that the index > database can get into an obstinate state where a simple "index" does not > suffice to wake it up to the existence of new package descriptions. >
Thanks Martin, that helps clear things up a little and it explains the comment that I saw on one of the lists about index -f as I was going catching up on my reading last night. This was immediately after a (successful) fink self-update: i fink 0.27.16-41 So clearly I was experiencing the problem. Oddly, the same self-update brought me this: (i) readline-shlibs 4.3-1029 So I guess it is just the fink package whose .info wasn't happily indexed. I guess it also seems odd to me that 0.27.16-41 isn't the one that came in the binary distribution; I mean it must have already been updated from 0.27.13-41. I can check the lists to see which version others were stuck on if you think that would be useful. Also, I still have me output if that helps, but I don't see anything useful in it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
