monipol
2009-08-28 10:44:17 UTC
Dave: I'm forwarding your commit to -i18n.
news.en.xml
announce fink on 10.6
Index: news.en.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/news/news.en.xml,v
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retrieving revision 1.88
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--- news.en.xml 18 Aug 2009 05:48:50 -0000 1.87
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<cvsid>$Id$</cvsid>
<newsitem>
+ <date>2009-08-28</date>
+ <headline>Fink on 10.6.</headline>
+ <body>
+ <p>
+Fink is ready to be used on Snow Leopard (OS X v. 10.6). Users will
+need to choose between a 32-bit version of fink and a 64-bit
version of fink
+for 10.6.
+The 32-bit version has more packages available at the present time,
but
+the 64-bit version represents the future direction for OS X and for
fink;
+individual users must make this decision on their own. It will
<em>not</em>
+be possible to "upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit (or vice versa),
without
+completely reinstalling fink.
+</p><p>
+At the moment, two methods are available for installing Fink on
Snow Leopard.
+A binary installer is not available, so it is important to
+<em>first install XCode from the Optional Installs folder on the Snow
+Leopard disk.</em>
+Users wanting the 64-bit version, or users upgrading directly from
10.4 or
+earlier, must bootstrap fink from the distribution tarball (version
+0.29.9 or later), available at <varlink
+url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/files/fink/0.29.8/fink-0.29.8.tar.gz/download
">sourceforge.net</varlink>; installation instructions are
+<varlink url="download/srcdist.php">here</varlink>.
+On the other hand, users can upgrade directly from
+10.5 to the 32-bit version, following the instructions below.
+(One warning: users who have installed a development version of fink
+from CVS rather than a released version may encounter trouble; please
+downgrade your fink to a released version, and remove stray .deb
files
+of higher versions, before beginning.)
+</p><p>
+To upgrade, follow a four step process.
+<em>Step 1:</em> edit the file <code>/sw/etc/fink.conf</code>,
+adding a line to it which reads <code>NoAutoIndex: true</code>
(You may
+need to use <code>sudo</code> to obtain the correct permissions to
edit
+this file.) <em>Step 2:</em>
+run the command <code>fink reinstall fink</code> in
+order to tell fink that you are now on 10.6. (If you encounter a
message
+about package database corruption, run <code>fink index -f</code> and
+try this step again.) <em>Step 3:</em>
+run the command <code>fink update
+fink</code> to get the latest fink for 10.6. <em>Step 4:</em> run
the command
+<code>fink install perl588-core</code> to replace the version of perl
+which Apple changed during the OS X upgrade, in case you have
+fink packages which depend on it.
+</p><p>After the upgrade, you may wish to run <code>fink configure</
code>
+to do some cleanup.
+</p><p>Almost all of the packages in fink's stable tree will
compile on
+10.6, but be warned that only a fraction of the 10.5 packages are
currently
+available for 10.6. In the near future, fink's package database
will be
+updated to include information about packages for 10.6; you can
check there
+to see if your favorite package is ready.
+</p>
+</body>
+ </newsitem>
+
+
+ <newsitem>
<date>2009-07-25</date>
<headline>Fink Core Group changes.</headline>
<body>
announce fink on 10.6
Index: news.en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/news/news.en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.87
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -u -d -r1.87 -r1.88
--- news.en.xml 18 Aug 2009 05:48:50 -0000 1.87
+++ news.en.xml 28 Aug 2009 09:21:39 -0000 1.88
@@ -4,6 +4,62 @@
<cvsid>$Id$</cvsid>
<newsitem>
+ <date>2009-08-28</date>
+ <headline>Fink on 10.6.</headline>
+ <body>
+ <p>
+Fink is ready to be used on Snow Leopard (OS X v. 10.6). Users will
+need to choose between a 32-bit version of fink and a 64-bit
version of fink
+for 10.6.
+The 32-bit version has more packages available at the present time,
but
+the 64-bit version represents the future direction for OS X and for
fink;
+individual users must make this decision on their own. It will
<em>not</em>
+be possible to "upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit (or vice versa),
without
+completely reinstalling fink.
+</p><p>
+At the moment, two methods are available for installing Fink on
Snow Leopard.
+A binary installer is not available, so it is important to
+<em>first install XCode from the Optional Installs folder on the Snow
+Leopard disk.</em>
+Users wanting the 64-bit version, or users upgrading directly from
10.4 or
+earlier, must bootstrap fink from the distribution tarball (version
+0.29.9 or later), available at <varlink
+url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/files/fink/0.29.8/fink-0.29.8.tar.gz/download
">sourceforge.net</varlink>; installation instructions are
+<varlink url="download/srcdist.php">here</varlink>.
+On the other hand, users can upgrade directly from
+10.5 to the 32-bit version, following the instructions below.
+(One warning: users who have installed a development version of fink
+from CVS rather than a released version may encounter trouble; please
+downgrade your fink to a released version, and remove stray .deb
files
+of higher versions, before beginning.)
+</p><p>
+To upgrade, follow a four step process.
+<em>Step 1:</em> edit the file <code>/sw/etc/fink.conf</code>,
+adding a line to it which reads <code>NoAutoIndex: true</code>
(You may
+need to use <code>sudo</code> to obtain the correct permissions to
edit
+this file.) <em>Step 2:</em>
+run the command <code>fink reinstall fink</code> in
+order to tell fink that you are now on 10.6. (If you encounter a
message
+about package database corruption, run <code>fink index -f</code> and
+try this step again.) <em>Step 3:</em>
+run the command <code>fink update
+fink</code> to get the latest fink for 10.6. <em>Step 4:</em> run
the command
+<code>fink install perl588-core</code> to replace the version of perl
+which Apple changed during the OS X upgrade, in case you have
+fink packages which depend on it.
+</p><p>After the upgrade, you may wish to run <code>fink configure</
code>
+to do some cleanup.
+</p><p>Almost all of the packages in fink's stable tree will
compile on
+10.6, but be warned that only a fraction of the 10.5 packages are
currently
+available for 10.6. In the near future, fink's package database
will be
+updated to include information about packages for 10.6; you can
check there
+to see if your favorite package is ready.
+</p>
+</body>
+ </newsitem>
+
+
+ <newsitem>
<date>2009-07-25</date>
<headline>Fink Core Group changes.</headline>
<body>