The "fink index" seems to index what you have installed, rather than what is in the info files you have. Is this a bug or a feature? Looks like a bug, but i'm not sure. :)
An example: I had unrar-3.0b7 installed. I deleted the unrar3.0b7 info file and replaced it with a 3.0 file, and added a description. Here is what happened: lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink info unrar Reading package info... Fink has detected that your package cache is out of date and needs an update, but does not have privileges to modify it. Please re-run fink as root, for example with a "fink index" command. Information about 1131 packages read in 6 seconds. pkg unrar version ### pkg unrar version 3.0b7-1 unrar-3.0b7-1: RAR archive decoder. . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink index sudo /sw/bin/fink index Password: Reading package info... Updating package index... done. [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink info unrar Information about 1131 packages read in 1 seconds. pkg unrar version ### pkg unrar version 3.0b7-1 unrar-3.0b7-1: RAR archive decoder. . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% dpkg -p unrar Package: unrar Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: darwin-powerpc Source: unrar Version: 3.0b7-1 Size: 87928 Description: RAR archive decoder. . Web site: http://www.rarlab.com/ . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink index sudo /sw/bin/fink index Reading package info... Updating package index... done. [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink info unrar Information about 1131 packages read in 1 seconds. pkg unrar version ### pkg unrar version 3.0b7-1 unrar-3.0b7-1: RAR archive decoder. . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% dpkg -p unrar Package: unrar Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: darwin-powerpc Source: unrar Version: 3.0b7-1 Size: 87928 Description: RAR archive decoder. . Web site: http://www.rarlab.com/ . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink remove unrar sudo /sw/bin/fink remove unrar Information about 1131 packages read in 1 seconds. pkg unrar version ### pkg unrar version 3.0b7-1 dpkg --remove unrar (Reading database ... 39574 files and directories currently installed.) Removing unrar ... [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink index sudo /sw/bin/fink index Reading package info... Updating package index... done. [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% fink info unrar Information about 1131 packages read in 1 seconds. pkg unrar version ### pkg unrar version 3.0-1 unrar-3.0-1: RAR archive decoder. Useful for decoding RAR archives, commonly found on USENET newsgroups. . Web site: http://www.rarlab.com/ . Maintainer: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [lsanca1-ar8-022-141:~/Desktop/unrarsrc_0] ben% -- http://homepage.mac.com/bhines/ _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
