On 2/23/06, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/23/06, Jack Repenning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have two systems which are pretty much identical, including their > > fink config, but they don't act the same: they find and install > > different versions of various packages, including fink itself. One > > of them (the one whose versions are generally older) don't work so > > good for one package; I want it to start acting like the other. How > > do I make it catch up? > > Actually both of your systems have problems. Fink-0.8.0 is what you > should have on Tiger. > > > > > The package that particularly interests me at the moment is ethereal- > > ssl. > > > > System 1 (working): > > PowerBook G4 > > OS X 10.4.5 (Software Update) > > > fink --version > > Package manager version: 0.24.12 > > Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs > > > fink list ethereal-ssl > > Information about 252 packages read in 0 seconds. > > i ethereal-ssl 0.10.9-11 Powerful network protocol analyzer > > (with ... > > > > > > > > System 2 (busticated): > > iMac G5 > > OS X 10.4.5 (Software Update) > > > fink --version > > Package manager version: 0.17.1 # <<< lookee here! "fink self- > > update" no help! > > Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs > > > fink list ethereal-ssl > > Information about 3008 packages read in 1 seconds. > > (i) ethereal-ssl 0.9.15-1 Powerful network protocol analyzer > > (with ... # <<< lookee here! "fink update-all" no help! > > > > > > > > > > "fink selfupdate" does nothing on either system. > > > > Are you using selfupdate with rsync (or cvs) enabled, or just "selfupdate"? > <snip>
> > Your "busticated" system looks to be incredibly broken--and your > "working" system still looks not quite right. It won't see the 10.4* > trees because you're using a version of fink that doesn't know about > them, since that version was old even just before Tiger came out. > > If you aren't using rsync or cvs selfupdates, that's a good place to > start--"fink selfupdate" doesn't quite work automagically when you > upgrade the OS version. > > And using the 10.4 distribution is not yet supported > officially--you're free to help test it, of course. > 10.4 non-transitional, that is. Following up on my own post: You should also try running /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl on the "good" system--that's nominally how fink sets the trees to go with your OS version. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
