Instructions should also be included for an upgrade-in-place from the 10.3 tree, since that is also still supported.
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:42:39 +0000, Fink Project News wrote: > <html><body> > > <h1><a > href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/#2006-07-01%20July%20is%20%22Fink%20Update%20Month%22";>July > is "Fink Update Month"</a></h1> > > <p> > Fink users on PowerPC machines are advised to update their copies of > fink from the old "10.4-transitional" tree to the more recent "10.4" > tree. We plan to discontinue the 10.4-transitional tree > by the end of July, 2006. > </p><p> > Some background: along with OS X 10.4 came a new version of the g++ compiler > (one of the workhorses of Fink), which produced code that was binary > incompatible with previous versions. Fink, when using the 10.4-transitional > tree, mixes the new gcc-4.0 compiler with the older g++-3.3 compiler. > This strategy gave us some extra time to make packages compatible with > g++-4.0. The time has now come to complete that transition, and rely > exclusively on the newer tree. The update, however, is slightly > complicated since all packages using or providing g++ libraries must > be rebuilt in the correct order. > </p><p> > If you are using OS X 10.4, you can > find out if you need to update your Fink installation > by running the command > fink --version. If the Distribution version is 0.8.1.cvs > or 0.8.1.rsync, you do not need to update. However, if the > Distribution version is 0.8.0.cvs or 0.8.0.rsync, you should update, > as described below. > </p> > <p> > Many users will prefer to remove their fink installations and > start anew with the 0.8.1 installer. Others will prefer to use the > <a > href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/scripts-10.4-update-0.3.tar.gz?download";>10.4-update > > tarball (v. 0.3)</a> (around 12 MB), which includes > precompiled versions of the basic fink packages as well as a script which > will attempt to update an existing fink installation. Please consult > the README file which you will find within the 10.4-update directory > (after unpacking the tarball) for further instructions. > </p><p>URL: <a > href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/#2006-07-01%20July%20is%20%22Fink%20Update%20Month%22";>http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/#2006-07-01%20July%20is%20%22Fink%20Update%20Month%22</a></p> > > </body></html> > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642_______________________________________________ > Fink-announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-announce Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
