Hi,
I'm switching btw the 10.4-transitional and 10.4 tree by setting a
symlink from /sw to the 2 fink directories having the 10.4-
transitional and 10.4 distributions active, respectively. I also
linked the /sw/fink/debs directory btw the 2 directories to avoid
rebuilding debs already built in one tree in the other when they bear
the same version. However, the symlinks created by Fink use /sw/fink/
dists in the target path. Thus if I change the /sw symlink pointing
to the other tree, the target path points to a non-existent deb file.
I modified get_debpath in PgkVersion.pm to replace the generic dists
with the actual distribution. I.e. the deb link does no longer look
like:
libbonobo2_2.10.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb -> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/
main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/libbonobo2_2.10.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
but uses the dists independent path:
libbonobo2_2.10.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb -> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/
unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/libbonobo2_2.10.1-1_darwin-
powerpc.deb
I guess this can be also useful for the normal user, i.e. without a
hacked fink setup, when the switch from the 10.4-transitional to the
10.4 tree takes place. It would allow to retain access to the deb
files built under the old tree.
Here are the modifications I've done to PgkVersion.pm:
--- PkgVersion.pm 2006-02-02 16:30:11.000000000 -0600
+++ PkgVersion.pm.mine 2006-02-02 15:51:28.000000000 -0600
@@ -1274,7 +1274,11 @@
sub get_debpath {
my $self = shift;
- return $self->{_debpath};
+
+ my $path = $self->{_debpath};
+ my $dist = $config->param("Distribution");
+ $path =~ s/\/dists\//\/$dist\//;
+ return $path;
}
sub get_debfile {
I'm using Fink since a few days with this modification and haven't
encountered any problems so far. Let me know if I should commit the
changes.
Cheers,
Remi
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