At 7:57 AM -0600 26/4/02, Jeff Whitaker wrote:
>Folks:  This is probably the number one "problem" reported to the mailing
>lists.  It usually goes like this:
>
>I tried to install package "foo" and the install can't find the tarball -
>what should I do?
>
>99.9% of the time the simple solution is "fink selfupdate-cvs" and try
>again.
>
>Fink packages are very dynamic, and change frequently between releases.
>The names and URLs of source tarballs frequently change.  Users should
>always first try updating the package descriptions in CVS when they
>encounter any problems installing a package.  More than likely the problem
>has already been fixed.
>
>In this case, xpdf has been updated to 1.00.
>
>-Jeff

Maybe this should be covered in the FAQ.

Kevin

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