Okay,
I ran fink selfupdate-cvs, then ran fink update-all. When I first
installed fink, I used dselect, but a few months ago I started using the
fink system more & more because it seemed easier to get to the programs
I wanted (which weren't available at that time as binaries). So for
around 2 or 3 months now I've been using fink install pkg to put
everything on my system. I mentioned how I end up with old copies of
stuff in /sw/fink/dists/ and here's the output I'm getting:
[localhost:~] brandonp% fink scanpackages
sudo /sw/bin/fink scanpackages
Password:
Information about 1385 packages read in 16 seconds.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override | gzip
>dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip >dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
Wrote 155 entries to output Packages file.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip >dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 6 entries to output Packages file.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
! Package xfree86-base (filename
dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-
powerpc//x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-6_darwin-powerpc.deb) is repeat;
ignored that one and using data from
dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-
powerpc//x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-11_darwin-powerpc.deb !
dpkg-scanpackages dists/unstable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip dists/unstable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 178 entries to output Packages file.
Wrote 7 entries to output Packages file.
This one section I've pulled from the above section means I've got an
older file that wasn't removed if I understood what someone told me
previously. They also said that the older .deb version can be removed
without a problem (which I've been doing with no probs noted yet).
! Package xfree86-base (filename
dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-
powerpc//x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-6_darwin-powerpc.deb) is repeat;
ignored that one and using data from
dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-
powerpc//x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-11_darwin-powerpc.deb !
Last time I ran fink scanpackages after update-all I had 8 of these
occurences and the time before that a whopping 32! Now, I'll admit I
only discovered the scanpackages command from an email someone sent
(sorry, don't remember who right now) that was part of a solution/idea
to troubleshoot a question about removing unneeded items to free up
space.
Now, I know there are times when we intend to have two versions of
something, but this doesn't mean that I actually have 2 versions, right?
I say that because the xfree stuff actually lives outside /sw in
/usr/X11R6.
So, maybe my question should be: What does this output really tell me?
Thanks,
Brandon Potter
On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 10:53 PM, Ben Hines wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 08:07 PM, Brandon Potter wrote:
>
>> I'm running an update-all as I write this (14 hours and counting). Not
>> something I can do everyday on this old slow system. :) I'll run scan
>> pkg's in the morn (hopefully) and copy the results to you and the >
>> list.
>
> scanpackages only has to do with the binary distribution. if you are
> running update-all you are using the source distribution and never have
> to worry about "scanpackages" or apt-get.
>
> -Ben
>
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