I'd say if you've been using unstable that there shouldn't be any real issue with leaving it enabled, and that disabling it is also fine. Not turning it on will probably be the recommendation for new installations.
You won't need to do another selfupdate if you had both stable and unstable enabled: both sets of info files get downloaded. On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 12:51, Brendan Lane Larson wrote: > Is the Fink recommendation now to remove the unstable trees in the > .conf files, for use on OS X 10.2 with Fink 0.5.0a? > > Just days before the 0.5.0a release, I followed the Fink instructions > for Fink on OS X 10.2 to include the unstable trees when installing > Fink on my XServe. > > Yesterday I did a Fink selfupdate (from cvs since I initially > configured Fink to grab out of cvs) .... and I now have 0.5.0a.cvs > (grabbed with the unstable trees flipped on). > > If I want to bring my system to the state of, say, a person starting > out with a virgin install of Fink today on OS X 10.2, should I merely > edit my .conf file to remove the unstable trees and then do another > fink selfupdate today (to pull out 0.5.0a.cvs with stable trees only)? > > Thanks for any suggestions. I have to write an installation document > for a friend of mine who's new to Fink and new to Mac OS X. He also has > an Xserve. We need our Xserves to be mirrors of each other (especially > mirrors of the Fink installs on each of our Xserves). Since he has > never installed Fink on his Xserve running OS X 10.2, I need to make > sure my system is a mirror of his (he will gain the benefit of a basic > installation starting from scratch, which doesn't even require Fink > core coming out out of CVS) > > -Brendan > > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 04:32 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > You can always turn off the unstable tree. > > > > Also, Fink Commander (http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net) has an > > option to display the latest stable version of a package, so that you > > can do strategic updating to avoid updating from a stable tree version > > > > On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 09:09, Daniel M. Bikel wrote: > >> 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 > >> > > -- > > Alexander K. 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