Dan, I went into the fink.conf file and changed the mirror-master setting from first to last. That did the trick. The Source location now works as expected. Thank you for your help.
Robert "Robert Leatherwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks Dan. I will get the info that you requested. > > > Robert > > > "Daniel Macks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:45:00AM -0700, Robert Leatherwood wrote: > > > I was trying to update the readline-4.3 package to include the readline > > > patches. So, I updated the readline.info file to grab the patches from > GNU's > > > FTP site: > > > > > > Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%n/%n-%v.tar.gz > > > > > > When I run fink, fink attempts to download from fink's GNU mirror sites > not > > > GNU's site and since the patches do not exist on Fink's GNU mirrors, the > > > download fails. For kicks I renamed the source command URL to > > > http://gnu/.... and it did the same thing. Looks like there is a BUG in > Fink > > > that when it finds gnu anywhere in the URL, it defaults to Fink's GNU > > > mirrors. > > > > What happens when you use a site other than GNU? (i.e., is this a > > parsing error with ...gnu... URLs or something where fink thinks > > *everything* is a GNU-mirrored thing?) > > > > What are your fink mirror settings (set by 'fink configure' and stored > > in /sw/etc/fink.conf)? Are you perhaps configured to use fink-mirrors > > before the main sites? > > > > > I am running from the unstable tree using the latest Fink 20.5 (I > > > believe) on Mac OS X 10.3 > > > > If the above does not help, we need exact and definite info about > > versions, your configuration, what URLs it is accessing, etc. > > > > dan > > > > -- > > Daniel Macks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. > > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - > > digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, > > unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - > digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, > unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
