At 2011-06-20 04:03:52 +0200, <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 6/19/11 9:39 PM, zooloo wrote:
>> While following this list, I have encountered this "sanity" answer many
>> times, so I was quite confused when a buildlock error (that had made the
>> previous 'fink update-all' fail) disappeared when I ran 'fink  
>> selfupdate' and then 'fink update-all' once again. Unfortunately, the 
>> original error message had already left the terminal buffer when I 
>> noticed the change. As far as I can remember, it reported some 
>> conflicting preconditions (like "X is required, but Y is installed").
>
> The most common occurrences of the style of error you saw are the
> intended behavior of the buildlock system:  to keep you from removing a
> dependency for the package you are currently building.
>
> It's possible that your selfupdate downloaded a fix to whatever package
> was complaining (such that you weren't performing an _identical_
> operation when using 'update-all' again).
>
> If you're not seeing buildlock errors now, your Fink tree should be fine.

Thanks for this clarification.


Cheers,

Zoo Loo

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