Graham Leggett wrote: > Daniel Johnson wrote: > >> What fink distribution are you using? grep -i distribution >> /sw/etc/fink.conf should return "Distribution: 10.4". If you get >> "Distribution: 10.4-transitional" instead then you're still using the >> obsolete 10.4-transitional tree and need to follow the instructions >> on the finkproject.org homepage at the bottom beginning with >> 2006-07-24: Reminder: "10.4-transitional" Tree Unsupported on August >> 1st, 2006. > > The steps I took were to download the latest FinkCommander, run > selfupdate, and then update-all. > > The distribution is "Distribution: 10.4-transitional". > > Ideally there should be something in FinkCommander to warn about the > upgrade issue, as without a clear error message, there is no clue that > some special procedure is required. > > Regards, > Graham > -- Fink Commander itself wouldn't be much help--it would need to utilize hooks in the fink package that don't exist as of yet. They would be good to have, both for users and from a support standpoint.
The "special procedure" is for user convenience. One can just set the Distribution: line to 10.4, run "fink selfupdate" and then start updating. We just didn't want to have people try to run on half-updated systems. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
