Re: [Fink-beginners] What does "*i*" mean in package list?

[Richard B. <ri...@on...>]

Thanks for the explanation. My mirrors certainly changed when I upgraded
fink after moving to yosemite.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Alexander Hansen <
ale...@gm...> wrote:

>
> On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Richard Brockie <ri...@on...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have fink python installed:
>
> Barra:~ richard$ which python
> /sw/bin/python
>
> It is python2.7:
>
> Barra:~ richard$ ls -l /sw/bin/python*
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin     7 Oct 19 14:13 /sw/bin/python -> python2
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin    14 Oct 19 14:13 /sw/bin/python-config ->
> python2-config
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin     9 Oct 19 14:13 /sw/bin/python2 -> python2.7
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin    16 Oct 19 14:13 /sw/bin/python2-config ->
> python2.7-config
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  8920 Oct 19 14:12 /sw/bin/python2.7
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  1548 Oct 19 14:13 /sw/bin/python2.7-config
>
> But, I can't see it in the list of installed packages:
>
> Barra:~ richard$ fink list -i | grep python
>  i mysql-python-py27    1.2.3-1    Python interface to MySQL
>
> The list of not installed packages misses python27 as expected.
>
> Barra:~ richard$ fink list -n | grep python
> …
>        python26    1:2.6.9-2    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python26-shlibs    1:2.6.9-2    Interpreted, object-oriented
> language
>        python3    3.3.4-1    Generic commands to invoke python33
>        python31    3.1.5-6    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python31-shlibs    3.1.5-6    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python32    3.2.5-3    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python32-shlibs    3.2.5-3    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python33    3.3.4-1    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python33-shlibs    3.3.4-1    Interpreted, object-oriented language
> ...
>
> If I just do the full list without modifiers, I see python27, but with
> "*i*" rather than "i".
>
> Barra:~ richard$ fink list | grep python
> ...
>        python26    1:2.6.9-2    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python26-shlibs    1:2.6.9-2    Interpreted, object-oriented
> language
> *i*    python27    1:2.7.8-1    Interpreted, object-oriented language
> *i*    python27-shlibs    1:2.7.8-1    Interpreted, object-oriented
> language
>        python3    3.3.4-1    Generic commands to invoke python33
>        python31    3.1.5-6    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python31-shlibs    3.1.5-6    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python32    3.2.5-3    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python32-shlibs    3.2.5-3    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python33    3.3.4-1    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>        python33-shlibs    3.3.4-1    Interpreted, object-oriented language
>
> I know what "(i)" means - what does "*I*" mean?
>
> Thanks!
> --
>     R.
>
> Richard Brockie
>
>
> That means that you have a newer python27 than your source package
> description files indicate to be available.  This could be due to using the
> binary distribution along with an rsync mirror which isn’t updating
> properly.
>
> It will show up under “fink list -N python27”.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
>
>


-- 
    R.

Richard Brockie

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