I'm hardly a beginner with fink --- I've been using it for years ---
but I'm installing from scratch for the first time in quite a while,
so I thought I'd try here first.

Environment:  
MacBook, brand new HD with 10.5.5 freshly installed.
xcode tools 3.0
Xquartz 2.1.5 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple22) (2.1.5)

I download Fink-0.9.0-Intel-Installer.dmg, run the installer, take 
the defaults, then run (output omitted)

  fink configure    # enable unstable, otherwise take defaults
  fink scanpackages
  fink index
  fink selfupdate
  fink update-all

So far so good.  But then:

  fink --yes install coreutils coreutils-default
  Information about 2520 packages read in 1 seconds.
  Failed: no package found for specification 'coreutils'!

Huh?  Both http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/coreutils
and http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/coreutils-default
say there's an unstable package for 10.5/i386.  Did my fink configure
not work right?  

  grep Tree /sw/etc/fink.conf
  Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/crypto
  SelfUpdateTrees: 10.4

Hm.  In the unlikely event there's a binary package but no source,
I try apt-get install.   Nope.  On the off chance coreutils is missing
but coreutils-default isn't, I try installing just it.  Nada.

I search, come up with
http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=coreutils
and decide the "placeholder" packages, though I'm pretty sure the
migration is _from_ those three packages _to_ a single coreutils 
package.  

  fink --yes install fileutils shellutils textutils 
  Information about 2520 packages read in 0 seconds.
  Failed: no package found for specification 'shellutils'!

So, still no love.  So, does anyon know how to actually get the
coreutils package under fink-0.9.0 intel?  All clues appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

---Alex

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