So, after your selfupdate-cvs, what does "fink --version" give you?  There
have been postings about failure to update fink itself.

I forgot about your question on the other box:  is its output from "fink
--version" the same?

Alexander K. Hansen
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Whitwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 8:51 PM
To: Alexander K. Hansen
Cc: 'Geoff Smith'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Fink-users] can't make fink believe stuff needs to be updated

The same thing, sadly.  :(  I've "fixed" it by doing "fink 
selfupdate-cvs", which seems to work just fine.

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 10:24  PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:

> What happens if you remove CURRENT-FINK manually?
>
> Alexander K. Hansen
> Levitated Dipole Experiment
> http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James 
> Whitwell
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 3:18 AM
> To: Geoff Smith
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Fink-users] can't make fink believe stuff needs to be 
> updated
>
> Hey, I get the same problem.  Does anyone know how to fix it?
>
> On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 03:34  AM, Geoff Smith wrote:
>
>> I have fink installed, but only version 0.12.1-1, or 0.5.2 (not really
>> sure about the numbering scheme).  The results of a fink selfupdate
>> follow:
>>
>> [stokes:~] gbsmith% fink selfupdate
>> sudo /sw/bin/fink  selfupdate
>> Password:
>>
>> (1)      Delete it and download again
>> (2)      Assume it is a partial download and try to continue
>> (3)      Don't download, use existing file
>>
>> The file "CURRENT-FINK" already exists, how do you want to proceed? 
>> [1]
>> rm -f CURRENT-FINK
>> curl -f -L -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/CURRENT-FINK
>>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed          Time
>>   Curr.
>>                                  Dload  Upload Total    Current  Left
>>   Speed
>> 100     6  100     6    0     0     17      0  0:00:00  0:00:00
>> 0:00:00     0
>>
>> You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point
>> release.
>> (installed:0.5.2 available:0.5.3)
>>
>>
>> The confusing thing to me is that it says I have 0.5.2 installed, and
>> says 0.5.3 is available, and yet tells me I have the latest release.
>>
>> Second question - when I run fink update-all I am informed that no
>> packages need updating, and yet on a different box, also with fink
>> installed, I have later versions of the same packages.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks -
>>
>> -geoff s.
>>
>>
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