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<title>Fink Documentation - Fink User's Guide</title></head><body>
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There are some options, which apply to all fink commands. If you
type <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink --help</tt> you get the list of
options:
</p>
- <p>(as of <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.24.6</tt>)</p>
+ <p>(as of <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.26.0</tt>)</p>
<p><b>-h, --help</b> - displays help text.
</p>
<p><b>-q, --quiet</b> - causes <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink</tt> to be less verbose, opposite of <b>--verbose</b>. Overrides
the <a href="#conf.optional">Verbose</a> flag in <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink.conf</tt>.
@@ -1291,7 +1291,15 @@
<p><b>-m, --maintainer</b>
- (<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.25</tt> and later)
Perform actions useful to package maintainers: run validation on
the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">.info</tt> file before
building and on the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">.deb</tt> after building a
- package; turn certain build-time warnings into fatal errors.</p>
+ package; turn certain build-time warnings into fatal errors; (<tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.26</tt> and later) run the test suites as
specified in the field. This sets <b>--tests</b> and <b>--validate</b> to <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">on</tt>.</p>
+ <p><b>--tests[=on|off|warn]</b> - (<tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink-0.26.0</tt> and later) Causes <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">InfoTest</tt> fields to be activated and test suites specified
+ via <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">TestScript</tt> to be executed
(see the <a href="../packaging/packaging.en.html#reference.fields">Fink
Packaging Manual</a>). If no argument is given to this
+ option or if the argument is <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">on</tt> then failures in test suites will
+ be considered fatal errors during builds. If the argument is <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">warn</tt>
+ then failures will be treated as warnings.</p>
+ <p><b>--validate[=on|off|warn]</b> -
+ Causes packages to be validated during a build. If no argument is
+ given to this option or if the argument is <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">on</tt> then validation failures will be considered fatal errors
during builds. If the argument is <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">warn</tt>
then failures will be treated as warnings.</p>
<p><b>-l, --log-output</b>
- Save a copy of the terminal output during each package building
process. By default, the file is stored in
@@ -1590,6 +1598,7 @@
This will let you change your mirror sites and proxy settings, among
others.
</p>
+ <p><b>New in</b> <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.26.0</tt>: This
command will also let you turn on the unstable trees if desired.</p>
<h3><a name="usage.selfupdate">6.18 selfupdate</a></h3>
@@ -1651,9 +1660,9 @@
<h3><a name="usage.cleanup">6.24 cleanup</a></h3>
<p>
- Removes obsolete package files (.info, .patch, .deb) if newer versions are
available.
- This can reclaim large amounts of disk space. One or more modes must be
specified:</p>
-<pre>--debs - Delete .deb files (compiled binary package
archives)
+ Removes obsolete and temporary files.
+ This can reclaim large amounts of disk space. One or more modes may be
specified:</p>
+ <pre>--debs - Delete .deb files (compiled binary package
archives)
corresponding to versions of packages that are neither
described by a package description (.info) file in the
currently-active trees nor presently installed.
@@ -1662,9 +1671,13 @@
active trees.
--buildlocks, --bl - Delete stale buildlock packages.
--dpkg-status - Remove entries for packages that are not installed from
- the dpkg "status" database.</pre>
-<p>In addition, the following options may be used:</p>
-<pre>-k,--keep-src - Move old source files to /sw/src/old/ instead of
deleting them.
+ the dpkg "status" database.
+--obsolete-packages - Attempt to uninstall all installed packges that are
+ obsolete. (new in fink-0.26.0)
+--all - All of the above modes. (new in fink-0.26.0)</pre>
+ <p>If no mode is specified, <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">--debs
--sources</tt> is the default action. </p>
+ <p>In addition, the following options may be used:</p>
+ <pre>-k,--keep-src - Move old source files to /sw/src/old/
instead of deleting them.
-d,--dry-run - Print the names of the files that would be deleted, but
do not actually delete them.
-h,--help - Show the modes and options which are available.</pre>
@@ -1704,4 +1717,4 @@
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr>
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