But then aren't you stuck using the "bleeding edge" packages in unstable/main, instead of the (by definition) more stable packages in stable/main? That is my concern.
--Dan. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Brendan Lane Larson wrote: > Dan, > > Similarly, I had just installed Mac OS X 10.2.2 on an Xserve and pulled > down the Fink core from cvs (version 0.5.0.cvs). Last night I just did > "fink selfupdate" and it confirmed that my installation settings were > to grab the core out of CVS, so I yes and it then got me to version > 0.5.0a.cvs. > > I think this should work fine, no? Is not 0.5.0a.cvs the same as 0.5.0a? > > Cheers, > > -Brendan > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 03:27 AM, Daniel M. Bikel wrote: > > > 0.5a is out. Yea! Now, can anyone tell me how I move from my current > > version to this version? > > > > You see, just a few days ago, I installed fink from scratch on my > > 10.2.2 > > desktop computer (I had been using 10.1.5 for the longest time, > > waiting for > > fink 0.5). As per the instructions in the News section of the website, > > this involved a lot of compiling from source, using packages from the > > unstable/main and unstable/crypto trees. But now that 0.5a is out, I'd > > like to no longer rely on the unstable trees, if possible. > > > > So, first of all: how do I find out if the few packages I'm interested > > in > > have been moved to the stable sections? I only use fink to run X, > > emacs20 > > and lyx (and all the other, dependent packages, such as tetex). > > > > Second: assuming the packages of interest are "stable", how do I > > migrate > > properly to a "stable" fink dis'n? > > > > My current version is: > > Package manager version: 0.11.0 > > Distribution version: 0.5.0.cvs > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > --Dan. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
