Alexander Hansen
2009-03-08 02:38:52 UTC
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [cvs] web/download srcdist.en.php,1.15,1.16
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:25:36 +0000
From: Alexander Hansen <***@users.sourceforge.net>
Reply-To: fink-***@lists.sourceforge.net
To: fink-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Newsgroups: gmane.os.apple.fink.cvs
Followup-To: gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/download
In directory fdv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com:/tmp/cvs-serv29106
Modified Files:
srcdist.en.php
Log Message:
Modernize to include current/stable fink for 10.4, and distribution
tarball for 10.5
Index: srcdist.en.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/download/srcdist.en.php,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- srcdist.en.php 24 Jun 2008 19:10:12 -0000 1.15
+++ srcdist.en.php 8 Mar 2009 02:25:33 -0000 1.16
@@ -8,45 +8,62 @@
<h1>Download Fink Source Release</h1>
-<!--AKH 2007-05-31. Fix when we have a release tarball that works with
OS > 10.4.9
+<p><strong>OS 10.5:</strong></p>
<p>
-The source release contains the fink package manager plus package
+The source release contains the <em>fink</em> package manager plus package
descriptions and patches.
It will download the source code from the original distribution sites
and build them on your local machine.
</p>
--->
-<p>The source tarball contains the <em>fink</em> package manager.
After you have installed it, you will be able to get package
descriptions and patches. It will use these to download the source code
from the original distribution sites or the Fink project's mirrors and
build them on your local machine.</p>
<?
include "../fink_version.inc";
?>
-<!--
-<p>
-Fink <? print $fink_version; ?> was officially released on
+
+<p>Fink <? print $fink_version; ?> was officially released on
<? print $release_date; ?>.
--->
+<ul><LI><a
+href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz">Fink
+<? print $release_version; ?></a> - 3521K, .tar.gz format</LI></ul>
+<p>You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
+<p>Unpack the tar.gz archive if this hasn't been done automatically,
e.g. via</p>
+<pre>tar -xvzf fink-<? print $fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>tar -xvf fink-<? print $fink_version; ?>-full.tar</pre>
+<p>if it has already been partially unpacked, in a terminal window.
Then, in a terminal window, change to the resulting <em>fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?></em> directory, and use</p>
+<pre>./bootstrap</pre>
+<p>to start the boostrapping operation, which will install the Fink
base setup.</p>
+<!-- akh: I got a note from Trevor Harmon that the 0.28.0 bootstrap
automagically runs pathsetup.sh
+ rangerrick: but that is not true! ;) -->
+<p>After the installation is completed, running the command</p>
+<pre>pathsetup.sh</pre>
+<p>will set up your environment for Fink. If you open a new terminal
window, the session will use these environment settings. Once you have
installed <em>fink</em> and the other base packages, the command
sequence:</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate</pre>
+<p>using any of the <em>point</em>, <em>rsync</em>, or <em>cvs</em>
options, followed by</p>
+<pre>fink index -f</pre>
+<p>followed by</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate-rsync</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate-cvs</pre>
+<p>will download the package description files and patches, provided
that you <strong>do not</strong> select the "point release" method.
rsync is generally preferable to cvs for most people.</p>
-<p><EM>fink-0.28.1</EM> was officially released on 2008-3-11.</p>
+
+<p><strong>OS 10.4:</strong></p>
+<p>The source tarball contains the <em>fink</em> package manager.
After you have installed it, you will be able to get package
descriptions and patches. It will use these to download the source code
from the original distribution sites or the Fink project's mirrors and
build them on your local machine.</p>
+
+
+<p><EM>fink-0.28.6</em> was officially released on 2008-10-05.</p>
</p>
<ul>
-<!--<li><a
-href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz">Fink
-<? print $release_version; ?></a> - 6786K, .tar.gz format</li>-->
-<li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.28.1.tar.gz"
onClick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloads/FinkSOURCE');">fink-0.28.1</a>
- 1304K, .tar.gz format</li>
+<li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.28.6.tar.gz"
onClick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloads/FinkSOURCE');">fink-0.28.6</a>
- 1305K, .tar.gz format</li>
</ul>
-<p>
-<!--<b>Important:</b>
-Don't extract the archive with StuffIt, it will corrupt some file
-names.
-Use the command line <tt>tar</tt> utility instead.
-Instructions are in the Installation document.-->
-You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
+<p>You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
<p>Unpack the tar.gz archive if this hasn't been done automatically,
e.g. via</p>
-<pre>tar -xvzf fink-0.28.1.tar.gz</pre>
-
-<p>in a terminal window. Then, in a terminal window, change to the
resulting <em>fink-0.28.1</em> directory, and use</p>
+<pre>tar -xvzf fink-0.28.6.tar.gz</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>tar -xvf fink-0.28.6.tar</pre>
+<p>if it has already been partially unpacked, in a terminal window.
Then, in a terminal window, change to the resulting <em>fink-0.28.6</em>
directory, and use</p>
<pre>./bootstrap</pre>
<p>to start the boostrapping operation, which will install the Fink
base setup.</p>
<!-- akh: I got a note from Trevor Harmon that the 0.28.0 bootstrap
automagically runs pathsetup.sh
Subject: [cvs] web/download srcdist.en.php,1.15,1.16
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:25:36 +0000
From: Alexander Hansen <***@users.sourceforge.net>
Reply-To: fink-***@lists.sourceforge.net
To: fink-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Newsgroups: gmane.os.apple.fink.cvs
Followup-To: gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/download
In directory fdv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com:/tmp/cvs-serv29106
Modified Files:
srcdist.en.php
Log Message:
Modernize to include current/stable fink for 10.4, and distribution
tarball for 10.5
Index: srcdist.en.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/download/srcdist.en.php,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- srcdist.en.php 24 Jun 2008 19:10:12 -0000 1.15
+++ srcdist.en.php 8 Mar 2009 02:25:33 -0000 1.16
@@ -8,45 +8,62 @@
<h1>Download Fink Source Release</h1>
-<!--AKH 2007-05-31. Fix when we have a release tarball that works with
OS > 10.4.9
+<p><strong>OS 10.5:</strong></p>
<p>
-The source release contains the fink package manager plus package
+The source release contains the <em>fink</em> package manager plus package
descriptions and patches.
It will download the source code from the original distribution sites
and build them on your local machine.
</p>
--->
-<p>The source tarball contains the <em>fink</em> package manager.
After you have installed it, you will be able to get package
descriptions and patches. It will use these to download the source code
from the original distribution sites or the Fink project's mirrors and
build them on your local machine.</p>
<?
include "../fink_version.inc";
?>
-<!--
-<p>
-Fink <? print $fink_version; ?> was officially released on
+
+<p>Fink <? print $fink_version; ?> was officially released on
<? print $release_date; ?>.
--->
+<ul><LI><a
+href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz">Fink
+<? print $release_version; ?></a> - 3521K, .tar.gz format</LI></ul>
+<p>You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
+<p>Unpack the tar.gz archive if this hasn't been done automatically,
e.g. via</p>
+<pre>tar -xvzf fink-<? print $fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>tar -xvf fink-<? print $fink_version; ?>-full.tar</pre>
+<p>if it has already been partially unpacked, in a terminal window.
Then, in a terminal window, change to the resulting <em>fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?></em> directory, and use</p>
+<pre>./bootstrap</pre>
+<p>to start the boostrapping operation, which will install the Fink
base setup.</p>
+<!-- akh: I got a note from Trevor Harmon that the 0.28.0 bootstrap
automagically runs pathsetup.sh
+ rangerrick: but that is not true! ;) -->
+<p>After the installation is completed, running the command</p>
+<pre>pathsetup.sh</pre>
+<p>will set up your environment for Fink. If you open a new terminal
window, the session will use these environment settings. Once you have
installed <em>fink</em> and the other base packages, the command
sequence:</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate</pre>
+<p>using any of the <em>point</em>, <em>rsync</em>, or <em>cvs</em>
options, followed by</p>
+<pre>fink index -f</pre>
+<p>followed by</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate-rsync</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>fink selfupdate-cvs</pre>
+<p>will download the package description files and patches, provided
that you <strong>do not</strong> select the "point release" method.
rsync is generally preferable to cvs for most people.</p>
-<p><EM>fink-0.28.1</EM> was officially released on 2008-3-11.</p>
+
+<p><strong>OS 10.4:</strong></p>
+<p>The source tarball contains the <em>fink</em> package manager.
After you have installed it, you will be able to get package
descriptions and patches. It will use these to download the source code
from the original distribution sites or the Fink project's mirrors and
build them on your local machine.</p>
+
+
+<p><EM>fink-0.28.6</em> was officially released on 2008-10-05.</p>
</p>
<ul>
-<!--<li><a
-href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-<? print
$fink_version; ?>-full.tar.gz">Fink
-<? print $release_version; ?></a> - 6786K, .tar.gz format</li>-->
-<li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.28.1.tar.gz"
onClick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloads/FinkSOURCE');">fink-0.28.1</a>
- 1304K, .tar.gz format</li>
+<li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.28.6.tar.gz"
onClick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloads/FinkSOURCE');">fink-0.28.6</a>
- 1305K, .tar.gz format</li>
</ul>
-<p>
-<!--<b>Important:</b>
-Don't extract the archive with StuffIt, it will corrupt some file
-names.
-Use the command line <tt>tar</tt> utility instead.
-Instructions are in the Installation document.-->
-You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
+<p>You will also need to install the Xcode Tools (c.f. <a
href="./index.en.php" >the Quick Start page</a>).</p>
<p>Unpack the tar.gz archive if this hasn't been done automatically,
e.g. via</p>
-<pre>tar -xvzf fink-0.28.1.tar.gz</pre>
-
-<p>in a terminal window. Then, in a terminal window, change to the
resulting <em>fink-0.28.1</em> directory, and use</p>
+<pre>tar -xvzf fink-0.28.6.tar.gz</pre>
+<p>or</p>
+<pre>tar -xvf fink-0.28.6.tar</pre>
+<p>if it has already been partially unpacked, in a terminal window.
Then, in a terminal window, change to the resulting <em>fink-0.28.6</em>
directory, and use</p>
<pre>./bootstrap</pre>
<p>to start the boostrapping operation, which will install the Fink
base setup.</p>
<!-- akh: I got a note from Trevor Harmon that the 0.28.0 bootstrap
automagically runs pathsetup.sh