On 22/05/11 14:43 , Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 5/22/11 7:16 AM, Akio Sakai wrote: [] >> $ fink list texlive* >> Information about 10009 packages read in 1 seconds. >> >> $ fink list texlive-base >> Information about 10009 packages read in 0 seconds. >> texlive-base 0.20100722-4 Base programs for a TeX Live >> installation [] > I've no clue what the issue is with "fink list texlive*". It works for > me. Maybe someone on the list has experienced a similar issue.
If you run "fink list texlive*", then the wildcard "*" is evaluated by the *shell* before fink is invoked, not by fink. The result depends on the directory where you are, because the evaluation of "texlive*" is a list of files with names beginning with "texlive". Suppose your current working directory is /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/text. Then the command "fink list texlive*" evaluates as fink list texlive-texmf.info texlive.info texlive.patch and the result is as shown above, because there are no packages corresponding to this query. If you are in a directory where "texlive*" does not match any file, then the result depends on the shell you are running. Under tcsh, you will get an error message fink: No match. whereas under bash, you get what you think you should get, because "texlive*" is then passed to fink unchanged. What you really want to run is simply "fink list texlive". This will get you all packages with names containing the string "texlive". Fink adds the wildcards all by itself. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
