Hi,
On Feb 3, 2006, at 2:18 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
Remi Mommsen wrote:
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.
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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.
I agree. This would have been very useful already for the 10.3/10.4-
transitional switch, where the current system forced people to jump
through several hoops (the newly built fink switched the dists
symlink, thereby making its own deb disappear, and a subsequent
"fink reinstall fink" errored out).
OTOH, I am more and more convinced that all the energy that
currently goes into constructing an upgrade path from 10.4-
transitional to 10.4 is misspent and would better be used for
getting new bindists faster out of the door. What I would love to
see is support for the sequence
a. dump list of currently installed packages
b. rm -rf /sw
c. install new Fink from bindist installer or bootstrap
d. fink install < list of previously installed packages
We had support for a and d at one time by producing a package that
has all currently installed packages as dependencies, but it was
shot down for the single reason that debfoster might get confused
by this. I'd rather dump debfoster and get such a system back.
I completely agree that my proposed change does by far not solve the
upgrade problem. Especially as the change (if it is accepted) will
hit the standard user much too late to be helpful in the current
upgrade. However, I'd like to come back to my original modest
proposal to change the deb path. I think Aida made a valid point in
using relative instead of absolute paths. I made the corresponding
modification.
Shall I commit the changed code?
Cheers,
Remi
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