On 10/17/2013 10:44 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: > [This was originally a discussion on a GitHub pull request, but I feel like > it is a little tangential to the original pull request, and potentially > interesting to others testing selfupdate-git.] > > https://github.com/fink/fink/pull/78#issuecomment-25298485 > >> I wrote: >> >>> >>>> @fingolfin said: >>>> >>>> One part is getting this out to users. I imagine this would work as >>>> follows: >>>> ... >>>> 2. We post a (last, up to fixes) update of fink.info with this code to >>>> dists, enabling selfupdate-git >>> >>> Aside from switching the dists from CVS to Git, this is a big hurdle for >>> testing. I haven't tested with this rebased branch, but the original >>> selfupdate-git injected fink code would get blown away during a selfupdate >>> when a new fink.info was checked in. I suspect I might have been doing >>> something wrong there, though. Is there some other way to pin the >>> git-enabled fink package during testing? >> >> @akhansen said: >> >> My guess is that the version noted in the VERSION file is lower than the >> current released version. This sets the version that gets encoded in your >> local .info file. > > It took me a little while to figure out that AKH is referring to VERSION in > fink, not $prefix/fink/dists. > > What is the recommended way to update the selfupdate-git version of fink > itself?
You should be able to just take the Fink git clone that you have (for the right branch), 'git pull' to grab the latest changes from that branch, followed by running './inject' from inside the git directory. Hanspeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
