On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 12:03:11AM -0400, Kevin Walzer wrote: > > I'm trying to learn a bit more about fink's command-line parameters. Is > there any difference between running the command > > apt-get install foo > > and > > fink -b install foo > > since fink -b will use the binary distribution? Is there anything > unpredictable about this that I should be aware of?
The "fink" command knows about all source-buildable packages, whereas apt only knows ones that are available as binaries (see Fink FAQ 5.7). So 'fink -b' will use the binary distribution *in additon to* its normal source package descriptions. And it will only use it as secondary data for the source package descriptions, meaning "fink -b update foo" will use a binary if it's available at the version fink wanted anyway based on source package descriptions (see "fink" manpage). dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
