> On May 6, 2015, at 08:24, Javier Arantegui <javier.arante...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been using Fink for 10 years or so. First I want to thank all the > developers and volunteers that make this wonderful tool available. > > I didn't remember that several years ago I was member of this list. It > seems I was more active in 2008 and in 2011. > > My email is for something that has bothered me for the last 6 years or > maybe more. When you use 'fink self-update', you get this familiar > message: > > The core packages have been updated. You should now update the other > packages using commands like > 'fink update-all'. > > Wouldn't it be better if it said 'fink -b update-all'. I believe that > most of the users don't need to download the source code and compile > themselves. Downloading binaries make the process faster and much more > efficient. You can save a lot of time and energy! Imagine how many > hours of power computing are lost because fink users are recompliling > packages that are compiled already. > > Probably the users that need to compile all the packages know that > they need to type 'fink update-all'. > > There is a big chance that there is a good reason to say 'fink > update-all' instead 'fink -b update-all', but I don't see it. > > Best regards, > > Javier >
The good reason is that -b is already included by default when you use a “fink” command. At this point, it really only exists so that we can use —no-b to turn it off. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
