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#129 fix for selfupdate apt bug

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2005-02-01
2005-01-31
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This fixes a small problem with fink's use of apt-get.

Fink's selfupdate does run 'apt-get update', but what it does is this:
updates via rsync or CVS, forgets and requires the packages, updates the
core packages, runs apt-get update, and is done. This doesn't update
Fink's apt database after running apt-get update! Fink doesn't become
aware of new or updated binary packages until the next index or selfupdate
occurs.

Here's a tiny little patch to SelfUpdate.pm that causes it to call Fink::
Package->update_aptdb() after running apt-get update (assuming apt-get
update exited successfully).

Discussion

  • Tristan Thiede

    Tristan Thiede - 2005-01-31

    selfupdate fix

     
  • Daniel Macks

    Daniel Macks - 2005-02-01
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    • status: open --> open-out-of-date
     
  • Daniel Macks

    Daniel Macks - 2005-02-01

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    On Jan 5, a patch was applied with log msg:
    Do 'apt-get update' *before* rebuilding aptdb during
    selfupdate.

    Here's the full commit:
    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.cvs/32297

     
  • Tristan Thiede

    Tristan Thiede - 2005-02-01

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    Aha! Well, apologies for the repeat.

     
  • Daniel Macks

    Daniel Macks - 2005-02-01
    • status: open-out-of-date --> closed-out-of-date
     
  • Daniel Macks

    Daniel Macks - 2005-02-01

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    No worries. We've been working on the next release of fink
    for a while now but unless you know to look in our CVS
    repository it's hard to know what changes have been made
    since last release (there have been >100 major commits).
    OTOH, you're completely welcome to browse our CVS repository.

     

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