Fink was recently patched so that any "fink reinstall" of a package whose binary does not exist is automatically upgraded to a "fink rebuild" (a mode that always concludes by reinstalling). Without this, users have observed that fink will crash, since it can't install a non-existant .deb. I figure if a user says "reinstall" then he really wants to reinstall, just like "fink install" automatically builds as necessary...fink may as well work its way out of a jam if it can. If users need more control, it would be easy to add a prompt "No a binary available to reinstall; do you want to compile/download? [Y/n]", and then either upgrade-to-rebuild or abort based on his choice.
OTOH, JFM has emailed me about the wisdom of this behavior, even with the prompt. He can explain his thoughts better than I can... Love to hear others' opinions here. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
