thanks for the reply. i have done what you said (as i had done before too) but "fink list octave" still gives revision 1107 as the latest for octave 2.1.72. even though octave.info claims revision 1110.
here's what's weird. when i go to only stable trees, octave.info gives 1110 and "fink dumpinfo octave" gives "no package found...". but after enabling unstable, selfupdating "dumpinfo" then gives me revision 1107 with octave.info unchanged. where is this 1107 coming from? i was thinking there must be some stray info file lying around hence my question about where else fink keeps its information on packages. On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 11/22/06, Matt Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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? > > You can just use the Finder if you haven't hidden /sw. Open /sw up > and put "octave.info" in the search field. > > where does fink commander get its package >> descriptions from? > > Fink Commander gets its information from whatever trees you have > turned on, just like the fink command-line tool. (since it uses that > tool) > > i am loathe to remove /sw and start again but it seems >> like my fink is sick. >> >> cheers, >> >> matt. >> > > > > Try the following to make sure everything is done in the correct order: > > 1) Activate unstable > 2) Check the Trees: line /sw/etc/fink.conf to make sure that it's > actually activated. If not then you may need to try it again via > toggling the "unstable tree" buttons in Fink Commander off and then on > again, or edit the file manually. > 3) Do a selfupdate with rsync. If you toggled unstable on after a > selfupdate, it may well not have updated. > 4) Check the latest available version of octave--I'd say just use > "fink list octave". > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documenter (still) > Got job? http://akhmac.blogdns.net/~hansen/akh_cv/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
