Re: [fink-core] No way to list system packages?

[Alexander K. H. <ak...@fi...>]

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Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Hello!
>
> There does not seem to be a reliable way to list all those packages
>  that reflect system installations to satisfy package dependencies.
>
>
> 'fink list | grep system-' lists also inadequate packages:
>
> gnome-system-monitor    2.6.0-1018      Simple process monitor
> lynx-ssl        2.8.5-3 Dummy upgrade package for lynx with
> system-openssl mbsystem-dev    5.1.0-2 Processing and Displaying
> Swath Sonar Data mutt-ssl        1.5.17-1        Dummy upgrade
> package for mutt with system-openssl
>
> 'fink list | grep system- | egrep '\[(place|virtual)'' does not
> list
>
> system-fortran  7.0-1   Placeholder package for manually installed
> Absoft ProFortran system-ghostscript      7.05-3  Placeholder
> package for manually installed ghostscript system-ghostscript6
> 6.01-1  Placeholder package for manually installed ghostscript 6.01
>  system-ghostscript8     8.51-1  Placeholder package for manually
> installed ghostscript 8.51 i      system-openssl-dev      0.9.7-6
> Placeholder to force the use of the system SSL i      system-tetex
> 20071003-2      Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX,
> gwTeX, or TeX Live system-viha     0.0.1a-4        Placeholder for
> Viha WiFi framework
>
> And finally there are
>
> xdvi-system-tetex       22.78-1 Display dvi files under X11
> (system-tetex version) xdvik           [virtual package]
>
> Is there no package needed that reflects an xdvi(k) installation
> with gwTeX, MacTeX, or TeX Live?
>
>
> Still on Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>
> -- Greetings
>
> Pete
>
> Some day we may discover how to make magnets that can point in any
> direction.
>
>
>

This is because the system-* packages

1)  Are either virtual packages for external items that fink has been
coded to detect
2) Or are real packages that act as placeholders (this is becoming
less common).

fink isn't coded to do what you're looking for.

We are going away from having a system-tetex package in any case,
because the upstream distributors like to move stuff around.  This
makes upkeep on a system- package painful.
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