this general problem came to light with recent issues compiling octave-2.1.72 on a brand spanking new intel macbook pro (latest everything).
i was trying to get fink to compile version 1110 of octave but it continued to install the 1107 version. this despite purging octave, deleted the .deb files, selfupdating with both rsync and cvs, doing things via fink commander, doing things in terminal, and changing mirrors for good measure. i even toggled the unstable tree on and off, to force new package descriptions. the weird thing is that the octave.info file reports 1110 as the latest version but "fink dumpinfo octave" reports 1107 as the latest. it seems to me fink is updating the package descriptions but is then not doing anything about it. any insight on this would be gratefully received. how can i remove all trace of octave info files? where does fink commander get its package descriptions from? i am loathe to remove /sw and start again but it seems like my fink is sick. cheers, matt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
