Re: News-item changes
Lenin Dominguez <[email protected]>
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Hi, Since Dan has updated the news content, here it is the spanish version. If you could commit it, you'll be a lot of help to us, spanish speakers... Cheers. On Nov 9, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: > I want to change the URL in the XCode1.5-workaround news item from: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/13580/ > match=cc1plus+download+costabel > to > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/13580 > and add "and also" and a link to: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/14200 > > So if someone who knows how to use this new news system could please > change it, that'd be great. I'd be happy to do so myself, except... > > % make check' > xmllint --noout --valid news.en.xml news.de.xml news.es.xml > news.fr.xml news.zh.xml > news.es.xml:3: element news: validity error : No declaration for > attribute filename of element news > <news filename="index" lang="es" fsroot="../.."> > ^ > news.fr.xml:3: element news: validity error : No declaration for > attribute filename of element news > <news filename="index" lang="fr" fsroot="../.."> > ^ > news.fr.xml:1361: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: > newsitem line 67 and news > </news> > ^ > news.fr.xml:1362: parser error : Premature end of data in tag news > line 3 > ^ > make: *** [check] Error 1 > > dan > > -- > Daniel Macks > [email protected] > http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > _______________________________________________ > fink-i18n mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-i18n
news.es.xml
(application/octet-stream, 64 KB)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE news SYSTEM "finknews.dtd">
<news filename="index" lang="es" fsroot="../..">
<cvsid>$Id: news.es.xml,v 1.6 2004/10/25 06:56:14 michga Exp $</cvsid>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-10-15</date>
<headline>Resolución de problemas con gcc.</headline>
<body>
<p>
Se sabe que la versión de gcc incluída en XCode 1.5 produce
salidas incorrectas desde código c++ bajo determinadas circunstancias.
Fink tiene ahora un mecanismo para avisar al usuario de esto. Además,
Fink pronto rechazará el uso de esta versión "rota" para compilar paquetes
de los cuales se sepa que tienen este problema.</p>
<p>
Si te has pasado ya a la versión 1.5 de XCode una solución se halla descrita
<link url="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/13580"> aquí </link> y también <link url="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/14200"> aquí </link>.
</p>
<p> Si no te has actualizado aún, nuestro consejo es que
consideres no hacerlo y quedarte con XCode versión 1.2
hasta que el problema sea resuelto.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-09-20</date>
<headline>Fink 0.7.1 liberado.</headline>
<body>
<p>
<<<<<<< news.es.xml
La versión más reciente de Fink, versión 0.7.1 (para 10.3), ya está disponible como código fuente y como binario. Ésta ha sido creada para la versión Panther (10.3) de Mac OS X. La versión 0.6.3 sigue estando disponible para la versión Jaguar (10.2) de Mac OS X.
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La versión más reciente de Fink, versión 0.7.1 (para 10.3), ya está disponible como código fuente y como binario. Ésta ha sido creada para las versiones Panther (10.3) de Mac OS X. La versión 0.6.3 sigue estando disponible para las versiones Jaguar (10.2) de Mac OS X.
>>>>>>> 1.6
</p>
<p>
<<<<<<< news.es.xml
Esta nueva versión incorpora varios correcciones al manejador de paquetes e integra numerosos binarios previamiente iinaccesbibles dando como resultado un gran total de 1650 binarios. Ésto incluye binarios para KDE 3.1.4 y GNOME 2.4.
=======
Esta nueva versión incorpora varias correcciones al manejador de paquetes e integra numerosos binarios previamiente inaccesibles dando como resultado un gran total de 1650 binarios. Ésto incluye binarios para KDE 3.1.4 y GNOME 2.4.
>>>>>>> 1.6
</p>
<p>
<<<<<<< news.es.xml
Para realizar una primera instalación de Fink, hay que seguir los consejos de <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php">ésta página</link>. Es posbile actualizar una instalación de Fink previa, utilizando la instalación previa de Fink. En <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/compare.php?tree1=0.7.1-stable%26cmp=0%26tree2=0.7.0-stable%26splitoffs=on%26sort=name">ésta página</link> encontraras la lista de las diferencias entre las versiones 0.7.0 y 0.7.1.
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Para realizar una primera instalación de Fink, hay que seguir los consejos de <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php">esta página</link>. Es posible actualizar una instalación de Fink previa, utilizando la instalación previa de Fink. En <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/compare.php?tree1=0.7.1-stable&cmp=0%26tree2=0.7.0-stable&splitoffs=on&sort=name">esta página</link> encontraras la lista de las diferencias entre las versiones 0.7.0 y 0.7.1.
>>>>>>> 1.6
</p>
<p>
<<<<<<< news.es.xml
Si tienes alguna pregunta o problema, por favor, usa las listas de correo de Fink. Má´s información acerca de estas lista la encontraras <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/lists/index.php">aauí</link>.
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Si tienes alguna pregunta o problema, usa las listas de correo de Fink. Más información acerca de estas listas la encontraras <link url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/lists/index.php">aquí</link>.
>>>>>>> 1.6
</p>
<p>
Asegúrate de seleccionar el <em>instalador adecuado</em> para tu plataforma. Fink 0.6.3 solo se funcionará en Mac OS X 10.2.* mientras que Fink 0.7.1 sólo se funcionará en Mac OS X 10.3.* </p>
<p>
El Equipo de Fink desea agradecer a sus muchos contributores, ayudantes frecuentes y a los desarrolladores por hacer que esta liberación ocurriera.
<<<<<<< news.es.xml
También agradecemos a nuestra comunidad por descargar la versión 0.7.0 más de 130.000 veces. Sin su constante apoyo y valiosas indicaciones Fink no estaría donde está ahora...
=======
También agradecemos a nuestra comunidad por descarger la versión 0.7.0 más de 130.000 veces. Sin su constante apoyo y valiosas indicaciones Fink no estaría donde está ahora...
>>>>>>> 1.6
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-08-23</date>
<headline>Problemas con XCode 1.5</headline>
<body>
<p>
Recientemente han habido reportes de varios paquetes del Fink que no
compilan correctamente usando Xcode 1.5. Si aún no han actualizado a
XCode 1.5, se sugiere que se espere a la solución de este problema
antes de hacerlo.
</p><p>
Si has tenido problemas con algún paquete que compilaba correctamente
con XCode 1.2 pero que compila incorrectamente con XCode 1.5, favor
de reportarlo a la lista de correo fink-devel. (El síntoma usual es:
some symbols are missing after compiling with g++.)
Algunos paquetes que se sabe tiene este problema son octave,
singular-factory, singular-libfac, y posbilemente sdl. </p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-08-21</date>
<headline>Error en fink-0.22.0</headline>
<body>
<p>
El manejador de paquetes del fink-0.22.0, el cual estuvo brevemente
disponible en el árbol inestable la semana pasada, tiene un bug el
cual previene cualquier actualización via rsync. Si instalaste esta
versión de fink, te puedes recuperar ejecutando el comando
<code>fink install fink-0.21.2-1</code> el cual ejecutará el downgrade
de fink a la versión del árbol estable, subsecuentemente debes
ejecutar:
<code>fink selfupdate</code>
</p><p>
Si por alguna razón estos comandos no funcionan, vaya a
<link url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17203"> la página de la liberación del archivo fink en el
sourceforge</link> y descarge el archivo
<code>fink-0.22.1.tar.gz</code> . Desempaque este archivo con <code>tar xfz fink-0.22.1.tar.gz</code> , y desde dentro del directorio
fink-0.22.1 directory, ejecute el comando <code>./inject.pl</code>
</p>
<p>
El equipo de Fink se disculpa por el error y agradece a la comunidad
de usuarios por llamar nuestra atención rápidamente.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-08-01</date>
<headline>Mejorando nuestros espejos. ¿Puedes ayudarnos?</headline>
<body>
<p>
La desición de Fink de incrementar gradualmente nuestra red de espejos
a pagado con creces. Para asegurarnos de seguir ofreciendo un
servicio de alta calidad, necesitamod mejorar nuestra red de espejos.
Ya ha pasado bastante tiempo desde la última vez que solicitamos más
espejos. Así que, es momento de hacerlo de nuevo. Fink esta muy
agradecido por los recursos concedidos por nuestra comunidad. Para
mejorar nuestro servicio a la comunidad requerimos un aún mejor
sistema de espejos. En particular, carecemos de espejos en Europa
Central, Rusia y el Lejano Oriente. Sí sientes que tienes 2 Mbit para
compartir con un espejo de rsync, o aún más para ofrecer un espejo de
distfiles, por favor <extlink url="mailto:[email protected]">contactanos</extlink>.
</p>
<p>
Para obtener un mejor conocimiento de los diferentes tipos de espejos
que Fink ofrece, por favor revisa este sitio:
<extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net/">finkmirrors.net</extlink>.
Este es el sitio oficial de todos los asuntos relacionados con los
espejos. Si crees que puedes ofrecer otro tipo de recursos, por ejemplo, un espacio web para pruebas, no dudes en <extlink url="mailto:[email protected]">contactarnos</extlink> .
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-04-06</date>
<headline>Fink 0.6.3 y 0.7.0 liberados.</headline>
<body>
<p>
Las versiones más recientes de Fink, versión 0.6.3 (para 10.2) y 0.7.0 (para 10.3),
ya esta disponible como código fuente y como binario. El versión 0.6.3 esta construida para <em>10.2</em>, mientras que la 0.7.0 ha sido creada para <em>10.3</em>. Esta estrategia facilitará el soporte de diferentes plataformas.
</p>
<p>
Estos nuevos binarios incorporan varias mejoras del manejador de paquetes, varios paquetes binarios que previamente no estaban disponibles han sido agregados y varios paquetes problemáticos para los usuarios del 10.3 han sido reconstruidos.
</p>
<p>
Para completar una nueva instalación de Fink se deben seguir las instrucciones que están
<link url="download/index.php?phpLang=es">aquí</link>.
También es posible actulizar tu instalación previa de Fink siguiendo las instrucciones que se encuentran <link url="download/upgrade.php?phpLang=es">aquí</link>.
Si tienen dudas o algún problema, por favor usen la lista de correo que se encuentra <link url="lists/index.php?phpLang=es">aquí</link>.
</p>
<p>
Asegurense de escoger el <em>instalador adecuado</em> para su plataforma.
Fink 0.6.3 solo se instalará en Mac OS X 10.2.* mientras que Fink 0.7.0 sólo se instalará en Mac OS X 10.3.*
</p>
<p>
El Equipo de Fink desea agradecer a sus muchos contributores, ayudantes frecuentes y a los desarrolladores por hacer que esta liberación ocurriera.
También agradecemos a nuestra comunidad, sin su constante apoyo y valiosas indicaciones Fink no estaría donde está ahora...
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-02-19</date>
<headline>Ondea tu bandera.</headline>
<body>
<p>
Gracias a Baba Yoshihiko, Fink ha tomado los pasos necesarios para permitirnos la internacionalización.
La infraestructura mejorada nos permite desplegar un sitio web multilenguaje a nuestros visitantes de todo el mundo.</p>
<p>
Esto también significa que se necesitan voluntarios. El sitio web de Fink necesita ser traducido al lenguaje de tu elección. Una traducción al japonés esta en proceso al igual que una al francés, lidereada por Michele Garoche.
¿A qué idioma estas dispuesto a traducir?
</p>
<p>
Si estas dispuesto a convertirte en un miembro de algún equipo de internacionalización o si deseas proporcionar alguna retroalimentación del sitio web, sientete libre de unirte a la nueva lista de correo.
Puedes hacerlo visitando la <link url="lists/index.php">página de las listas de correo</link>. El anuncio completo de las listas de correo existentes puede leerse <extlink url="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel/7554">aquí</extlink>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-02-02</date>
<headline>La actualización de Java 1.4.2 elimina el Java SDK</headline>
<body>
<p>
Si tenás instalados Java 1.4.1 y el Java SDK, la actulización
Java 1.4.2 de Applw actualizara el Java runtime a 1.4.2,
pero <em>removerá</em> el previó Java 1.4.1 runtime y el
SDK <em>sin</em> actualizar el JDK. Para construir paquetes de Java en Fink necesitaras ir a <extlink url="http://connect.apple.com/">la pagina
connect.apple.com y descargar el Java 1.4.2 SDK</extlink> (registro gratuito requerido).
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-01-18</date>
<headline>Binarios para el 10.3 actualizados</headline>
<body>
<p>
Muchos de los archivos binarios para el 10.3 han sido actualizados, eliminando los problemas con el qt y kde, entre otros. Para accesar los archivos actualizadosm actualiza tu indice de binarios ejecutando el comando <code>sudo apt-get update</code> . Despues de esto, puedes usar el apt-get, dselect or el FinkCommander para instalar los binarios como siempre. </p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-01-10</date>
<headline>Pssst want to install GNOME 2.4?</headline>
<body>
<p>
Thanks to the new Fink GNOME Core team, including a lot of hard work by packaging
newcomer Keith Conger and GNOME 1.x maintainer Masanori Sekino, GNOME 2.4 has
finally been released to the 10.3 unstable tree.
</p>
<p>
It is there for the taking; please offer some of your time and test these packages
if you are on unstable already. Because of the massive number of changes, it is
expected that there will be issues upgrading or installing the new GNOME. If you
have problems, you can reach the GNOME-savvy people at
<extlink url="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</extlink>.
Please do report success stories there as well. The more good reports we get, the
faster GNOME 2.4 can be moved to stable.
</p>
<p>
For those of you who do not read our mailing lists, <extlink
url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/lists/index.php">why aren't you subscribed yet</extlink>?
Here is a link to detailed
<extlink url="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.gnome/57/match=gnome">instructions</extlink>
how to install or upgrade GNOME and what new stuff it brings.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2004-01-02</date>
<headline>Whaaazaaap Dawgs, Two Zero Zero Four is on!</headline>
<body>
<p>
A happy new year to all of you from the whole team. Blame this outburst of an
attempt at slang language on some of us having to watch the MTV Music Awards all
day long.
</p>
<p>
Last year has been a good year for Fink. We have had hard times keeping up with
the changes introduces by Apple, but we also learned that we have a great community
which is willing to go through great lengths to support us.
For this, we say "Thank You". Much of what happens in the Fink project
happens because of the amazing support and encouragement we get from our users.
</p>
<p>
Two Zero Zero Four should not make us slow down, but speed up. There are some
interesting things in the pipeline, including GNOME 2.4, a new release of KDE, major
changes to the package manager itself, and organisational restructuring.
Hopefully we will advance into an even bigger project with developer conferences,
real life meetings, and a CD in your favourite shop.
</p>
<p>
High ambitions can make one fall very deeply, thus we shall take it carefully, but
still we are all counting on your support during this year. Tell us what you think
about Fink; tell us what you like or dislike; show us ways to improve ourselves.
Lend us your resources and sponsor a mirror or hardware. Devote some of your time
to improve the package manager or add another piece of software by creating an
info file. Browse this website and hopefully indulge yourself. We enjoy serving
such a nice community; hopefully we shall make it a smooth ride for you and
your Macintosh in Two Zero Zero Four.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-12-28</date>
<headline>Merry Christmas and a happy new year</headline>
<body>
<p>
The Fink team and I wish all of you a merry Christmas and happy Holidays. We are looking
forward to yet another year where we can help the Macintosh community grow into the
world of UNIX together with Mac OS X.
</p>
<p>
We wish you all, that your hope is not too frail and that you will carry on following
through with your wishes. May the world we live in gradually become a better place and
may peace and understanding settle just for a few days.
</p>
<p>
Enjoy your quiet time and in case we do not get around to saying it soon enough.
A happy new year to all of you, stay with us we count on your support.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-11-30</date>
<headline>There they are! New mirrors..</headline>
<body>
<p>
Thank you, thank you, thank you. What a great community we have.
Thank you for providing us with more mirrors.
</p>
<p>
Matthew Healey, member of the Western <extlink url="http://www.wamug.org.au">
Australian</extlink> Macintosh User Group, and their
ISP <extlink url="http://www.extremedsl.com.au">extremedsl</extlink>
are providing Fink with a full mirror in Perth, Australia. This is our first
mirror in down under, thus I am pleased to welcome them to the family.
Furthermore the <extlink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UKMIRROR</extlink> service
has accepted us, making distfile services available for Fink
on 21 load balanced server.
</p>
<p>
We are very happy about this development, but we still need more rsync mirrors.
Thus, once more, if you feel like helping, please visit
<extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net">finkmirrors.net</extlink> and get in touch.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-11-24</date>
<headline>More mirrors....pretty please?</headline>
<body>
<p>While we welcome our latest full mirror in Norway, sponsored by Havar Valeur,
we crave more. To improve our service to all of you, we would like to ask that
you evaluate carefully if you maybe do have the resources to become a mirror.
</p>
<p>
All it takes is a 10Mbit link, around 100MB of disk space and some bandwidth you are
willing to share for Fink. The exact setup instructions for rsync mirrors can be found
<extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net/rsync.html">here</extlink>. Especially mirrors in
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Europe and Middle Europe are welcome, since we have none in
those regions yet. If you feel generous and wish to donate even more resources, please visit
<extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net">finkmirrors.net</extlink> to learn about your options.
</p>
<p>
The current status of all available rsync mirrors can be viewed on the finkmirrors.net pages as well.
We hope to improve this service in the future, yet this depends on your willingness to help us out.
We are looking forward to many new applications and thank our community in advance.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-11-17</date>
<headline>Fink 0.6.2 released</headline>
<body>
<p>The latest Fink release, version 0.6.2, is now available
for both source and binary users. This is a bug-fix release, intended
to address two problems: the dselect/user deletion bug, and a
problem with ownership of files. The dselect bug was addressed by
updating the fink, dpkg, and apt packages. After updating to 0.6.2,
it is safe to once again use dselect. However, if you ran dselect
at any time since 0.6.0, you should carefully check the integrity
of the file at <code>/sw/etc/apt/sources.list</code>. If you have
any doubts about this file, you should replace it with
<link url="files/sources.list">the default sources.list file</link>.
</p>
<p>Users who have installed binary files from the 0.6.1 distribution
may find that certain files in their Fink installation are owned
by UID 2011 rather than by root. To correct this problem,
run the command:</p>
<codeblock>sudo find /sw/ -user 2011 -exec chown root:admin {} \;</codeblock>
<p>This release, like the previous one, was built on OS X 10.2
using the gcc 3.3 compiler, and runs fine with some exceptions* on OS X 10.3. Most Fink
users who upgrade to 10.3 will continue to
want to only use the binaries from this
new distribution for now, while the Fink team continues to modify
Fink packages for 10.3.
</p>
<p>*Exceptions include: emacs, qt.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-11-04</date>
<headline>User Deletion Bug/ Dselect Troubles</headline>
<body>
<p><em>Quick Summary: DO NOT USE DSELECT,</em> and if you've used it,
check your /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file carefully.</p>
<p>Users who have bootstrapped or installed Fink 0.5.3 or Fink 0.6.0
on Mac OS X 10.3 could exhibit a problem where all users get deleted
from the netinfo database, and you become unable to log in.
We believe that this problem can only occur if you've used dselect.</p>
<p>If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, please be sure you're using the
latest Fink version to avoid the issue. To make sure you don't have
upgrade problems, check your <code>/sw/etc/apt/sources.list</code>
file. You will need to modify it if it contains <code>deb</code>
lines that point to "release" or "current" without a version number.
In other words, if your <code>sources.list</code> file contains
these lines:</p>
<codeblock>deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download release main
deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download current main</codeblock>
<p>...you should change them to this:</p>
<codeblock>deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download 10.3/release main
deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download 10.3/current main</codeblock>
<p>We are working on updating the repository to make sure that even
if you update you don't get the broken code, and to
repair dselect, but in the meantime,
make sure your <code>sources.list</code> file has the correct entries.</p>
<p>Other users have experienced problems with dselect itself, particularly
complaints about a missing "darwin" package. If you are running dselect
under 10.3 and you <em>don't</em> get this warning, then your
<code>sources.list</code> file is likely to be corrupted and you should
repair it as above.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-11-01</date>
<headline>Fink 0.6.1 released</headline>
<body>
<p>The latest Fink release, version 0.6.1, is now available
for both source and binary users. This release was built on OS X 10.2
using the gcc 3.3 compiler, and runs well on OS X 10.3. Most Fink
users who upgrade to 10.3 will want to only use the binaries from this
new distribution for now, while the Fink team continues to modify
Fink packages for 10.3.
</p><p>
If you wish to access the
new binaries, use apt-get, dselect, or the binary mode of
FinkCommander. Unless you are interested in helping the Fink team
to test packages which are compiled on 10.3,
do not use the command-line <code>fink</code> program to do your
installations for the
next few weeks.
</p>
<p>The simplest way to upgrade a binary installation is to run
"sudo apt-get update". Further details and
other issues related to upgrading Fink to 10.3 are addressed on the
<link url="download/10.3-upgrade.php">Special 10.3 upgrade page.</link>
</p><p>
Before using the latest version of
the command-line <code>fink</code> program
under OS X 10.2, be sure to install the August2003gccUpdater, available
after free registration from connect.apple.com.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-31</date>
<headline>Happy Halloween and welcome new mirrors</headline>
<body>
<p>
We wish all of you a happy Halloween.
</p>
<p>
Furthermore I would like to welcome our new mirrors to the Fink family.
From Europe in Rijeka, Croatia a new full mirror joins us. This mirrors
has been sponsored by the <extlink url="http://mac.dir.hr/">Jabucnjak</extlink> Apple user group.
This is our first mirror in Europe, so I hope that more will be joining us
soon.
</p>
<p>
Dave Schroeder from the <extlink url="http://mirror.services.wisc.edu/">University of
Wisconsin</extlink> in Madison is sponsoring a 100Mbit dedicated Master server.
A. J. Wright and <extlink url="http://sunsite.utk.edu/">SunSITE@UTK</extlink> are helping out with
another full mirror in the United states.
</p>
<p>
This raises our full mirror count to four and the rsync mirror count to
five. We are happy to have such a great community back us up, but I know
that more mirrors will join over time. I will not stop nagging you until
Fink has its own mirror in every state of the USA. Yet, with such a
brilliant community backing us up, I am not too worried about not
reaching my goal very soon.
</p>
<p>
Trick or treat! Our most wanted treat is more mirrors, so come forth
Administrators and fill our bag. Information on how you can be a mirror
can be found on the official <extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net">
mirroring website</extlink>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-25</date>
<headline>Look Ma, a logo for Fink</headline>
<body>
<p>As you surely noticed, Fink has a logo. This is the result of our
Logo <link url="logo.php">contest</link> held earlier this year.
This new, official, logo has been displayed since the 24th of October and
those of you who wondered how it has been picked and what the name of the
winner is should read up in the PR <link url="pr/index.php">section</link>.
</p>
<p>
The longer explanation also features a larger version of the logo itself,
so that you may have a closer look at its details. We like our new logo,
we hope that you will like it too.
</p>
<p>IMPORTANT: We do not yet have a formal licensing agreement for the new
logo and so are unable to give permission to distribute it. Currently, it
can only be displayed on the Fink web page. Thank you for your understanding.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-24</date>
<headline>Upgrade to gcc 3.3 and/or 10.3</headline>
<body>
<p>It is now possible to upgrade Fink to take full advantage of the gcc 3.3
compiler, or to use OS X 10.3 if you have that installed. Binary packages
corresponding to these upgrades are not yet available, so if you make
extensive use of binary packages you may wish to wait a few days before
upgrading.
</p><p>
If you wish to perform this upgrade, and you had previously installed the
June 2003 Developer Tools update from Apple, you will need to install
the August 2003 Developer Tools update BEFORE you upgrade Fink. Under
10.3, be sure to install XCode from the XCode disk before upgrading
Fink.
</p><p>
Running "fink selfupdate" should perform the upgrade for you. The latest
version of the fink package manager will automatically detect which
version of OS X and which version of gcc you have installed, and will
adjust itself accordingly.
</p><p>
If you wish to do a fresh install of Fink on a 10.3 system, we recommend
<extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/srcdist.php">bootstrapping from
source,</extlink> starting from fink-full-0.6.0.tar.gz available
on fink's <extlink
url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17203">sourceforge
download page.</extlink> You'll need XCode for this as
well.
</p><p>
Also note that once you have Fink version 0.15.0 or higher, you do
not need to install system-xfree86 anymore. Fink is
capable of automatically determining your system-xfree86 version if you
don't already have any fink x11 packages installed. If you currently
have an old system-xfree86 package of any kind installed, please run the
following:
</p>
<codeblock>sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 \
system-xfree86-43; fink selfupdate; fink index</codeblock>
<p>
The Fink team is still working on getting Fink packages working under 10.3,
but many many packages already work.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-23</date>
<headline>Say Hello to Mirror Numero Uno</headline>
<body>
<p>You are too late. Rus Foster from <extlink url="http://www.jvds.com">JVDS</extlink>
beat you all to it. He is the first one to provide us with resources
for a Fink rsync mirror.
The mirror is located in Atlanta, GA and is updated every two hours, at 35 minutes past.
</p>
<p>For those of you who are still waiting, join in. The more mirrors we have
the faster you can rsync your info files. As per usual, updated and current
information on the mirror structure can be found on <extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net"> Finkmirrors.net </extlink>
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-22</date>
<headline>Mirror, mirror on the wall...</headline>
<body>
<p>..who will mirror Fink above all? There is a new player on the turf
and it belongs to the Fink team. <extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net"> Finkmirrors.net</extlink> tells you everything you wanted to know about mirroring Fink and its related resources on your Server. As our mirror structure will hopefully grow in the future, this web-site will also hold information about each individual mirror.
</p>
<p>To ensure that our service remains as stable as possible and to distribute the load imposed onto our main rsync server, we are looking for rsync mirrors or full mirrors. Those of you who are willing to share resources will find all the necessary information on <extlink url="http://finkmirrors.net"> Finkmirrors.net</extlink>.
</p>
<p>
UPDATE: Yes, I screwed up when I initially installed the DNS records. If you cannot connect please try again later. I am very sorry for this inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-10-12</date>
<headline>New update method available</headline>
<body>
<p>The latest version of the fink package manager offers a new update
method, <code>fink selfupdate-rsync</code>, as an alternative to the
CVS updates which have been so problematic in the past few months.
If you have difficulty updating to the new version, please follow
<extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/rsync-upgrade.php">these
special update instructions</extlink>.
</p>
<p>In addition, this version of the fink package manager is compatible
with last summer's Developer Tools updates. After installing both the new
package manager and the Developer Tools update,
fink will ask you to reset your gcc version whenever
that is necessary.</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-09-02</date>
<headline>Logo contest ends</headline>
<body>
<p>The Logo contest held by Fink, announced <extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/logo.php">here</extlink>,
ended yesterday. With over 80 different proposals from countries all over the world we
consider the contest a big success.
In the next couple of days all the submitted entries will be put on-line in a publicly accessible gallery and more details on the participants shall be published. For those who are
curious and cannot wait may have a look at an incomplete <extlink url="http://nour.net/logo/incomplete.html">preview</extlink>.</p>
<p>Fink is proud to be part of such a supportive community and would like to thank those who submitted entries and <extlink url="http://www.macwelt.de">MacWelt</extlink> for their continued support.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-08-18</date>
<headline>Source files from ftp.gnu.org</headline>
<body>
<p>As announced in <extlink
url="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-21.html">this CERT
advisory</extlink>, it has recently been discovered that
the ftp servers for GNU software were compromised back in March,
although it is not believed that any of the source code housed there
was affected.
</p><p>
Fink relies on MD5 checksums when downloading software, and we have had
no reports of incorrect checksums in Fink packages. The Free Software
Foundation is in the process of verifying the integrity of all of the
source code distributed from that ftp site. As of this writing, the source
code for the following Fink packages have not yet been verified:
<code>autoconf2.54</code>,
<code>emacs21</code>,
<code>gprolog</code>,
<code>groff</code>,
<code>guile16</code>,
<code>help2man</code>,
<code>jwhois</code>,
<code>libtool14</code>,
<code>libosip1</code>,
<code>sed</code>,
<code>slib</code>.
It may be difficult to install those packages at present.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-06-26</date>
<headline>Developer Tools Update.</headline>
<body>
<p><em>Quick Summary: DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE.</em></p>
<p>
Apple has released a patch to the December 2002
Developer Tools which includes gcc 3.3,
their new compiler.
</p><p>
Fink does not yet support compiling with gcc 3.3. In addition, it is important
not to "mix and match" between compilers: all C++ code in fink packages
needs to be compiled
with the same compiler.
</p><p>
For this reason, the Fink team recommends that if you update your
Developer Tools with the new patch, you should be careful to run
<code>sudo gcc_select 3</code>
prior to any "fink build" or "fink install" commands.
</p>
<p><em>Update 30 June 2003:</em> A
<extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2680195&forum_id=2056">problem
has now been detected</extlink> with
the new assembler program which the update installs, which may prevent
certain Fink packages from being compiled at all if you install this
update.
</p>
<p><em>Generally, Fortran programs will break if you install the update;
the breakage does not stop by simply switching back to gcc 3.1.</em>
The Fink team is working on a workaround for this problem, but until it
is ready, if you need Fortran-related programs you should not install
the update.</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-06-20</date>
<headline>Darwin packaging groups to coordinate efforts.</headline>
<body>
<p>
The <extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net">Fink</extlink>,
<extlink url="http://www.gentoo.org">Gentoo</extlink>,
and
<extlink url="http://opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/">DarwinPorts</extlink>
projects are pleased to announce the formation of a cooperative development
alliance forged to facilitate delivery of freely available software to
Mac OS X. Under this new alliance, the projects will share information and
coordinate efforts for porting software to
Apple's <extlink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx">Mac OS X</extlink>
and <extlink url="http://www.apple.com/darwin">Darwin</extlink> operating
systems. Members of the alliance will share information using
the <extlink url="http://www.metapkg.org">www.metapkg.org</extlink> Web
site, which will provide a home for this cooperative effort.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-06-16</date>
<headline>Fink logo contest begins.</headline>
<body>
<p>Fink and
<extlink url="http://www.macwelt.de/">MacWelt</extlink> have managed to organize a logo contest.
For the next six weeks everyone is invited to submit their logo creations.
Fink needs a new face and with your help we might just get one. We are curious to see what you imagine Fink to be as a graphical representation.
The initial announcement by Macnews is in German, for those of you not capable of reading German a translated version can be found
<extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/logo.php">here</extlink>.
</p>
<p>
Fink and MacWelt hope that many of you will participate as we might just find some prices for the winners. Good luck and.... start drawing.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-05-05</date>
<headline>KDE 3.1.1 Binaries Available</headline>
<body>
<p>KDE 3.1.1 binaries are now available. Since they
have been released after 0.5.2 came out, you will need to update
your package descriptions by running <code>sudo apt-get update</code>
(or equivalent) before they will be available for installation.
For pointers to the changes and security fixes in this release,
see <extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2068947&forum_id=2022">the
announcement</extlink>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-04-16</date>
<headline>Virex problem resolved</headline>
<body>
<p>McAfee has released Virex 7.2.1, which no longer
overwrites the main Fink directory <code>/sw</code>. Fink users should
continue to avoid Virex 7.2.
</p><p>Early reports indicate that upgrading Virex from 7.2 to 7.2.1
still leaves some problems however. If you upgrade Virex with Fink not
installed, and subsequently
wish to install Fink, you will need to delete the <code>/sw</code>
directory by hand before installing. And if you upgrade Virex with
Fink already installed, you should immediately run
<em>
fink reinstall openssl-shlibs dlcompat-shlibs curl-ssl-shlibs
</em>
to restore files which the Virex upgrade may have deleted.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-04-14</date>
<headline>Fink 0.5.2 released</headline>
<body>
<p>Fink is proud to announce that the Fink binary distribution 0.5.2 is available from the <extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download.php">download</extlink> page.
With over 190 new binary packages, KDE, KOffice and KDevelop binaries amongst other various improvements this is a recommended download for any new and all existing Fink users.
The full announcement can be read on the <extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=fink-announce">fink-announce</extlink> mailing list.
</p>
<p>(If you are having trouble upgrading a source installation, consult
<extlink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/fix-upgrade.php">these
special instructions</extlink>.)</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-04-09</date>
<headline>Interview on OSNews.com</headline>
<body>
<p><extlink url="http://osnews.com/">OSNews.com</extlink> today is featuring a
<extlink url="http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3236">mini-interview</extlink> with
one of our project leaders, Max Horn. It contains some rather unusual questions,
so even if you know Fink fairly well, you might find it informative.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-03-29</date>
<headline>KDE 3.1.1 Final In Unstable</headline>
<body>
<p>KDE 3.1.1 is now in Fink unstable. The full announcement can be
<extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1898907&forum_id=2022">read here</extlink>.
Improvements over 3.1 final include many upstream bugfixes,
build improvements, koffice bugfixes, kmail crash fixes,
and other miscellaneous updates. Binary packages will not
be available in time for the next binary distribution, but
will be released as an update shortly thereafter.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-03-18</date>
<headline>KDE 3.1 Final In Stable</headline>
<body>
<p>KDE 3.1 is now in Fink stable. The full announcement can be
<extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1833081&forum_id=2022">read here</extlink>.
Improvements over 3.1 beta1 include an updated audio driver,
faster startup times, cleaned up fink package info, support
for Apple X11's window manager, and many bugfixes. Binary
packages will be available in the next binary distribution
release.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-03-17</date>
<headline>Apple X11 Beta 3 Released</headline>
<body>
<p><extlink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/">A new
version of Apple's X11 for Mac OS X is available</extlink>. It fixes a number
of bugs including a few that can cause problems with building Fink packages.
It is recommended that all Fink users who are using Apple X11 upgrade.
A new version of the system-xfree86 package has been released to unstable
that takes the new Apple X11 into account. It should be appearing in stable
shortly.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-02-14</date>
<headline>New version of FinkCommander</headline>
<body>
<p><extlink
url="http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/">FinkCommander</extlink>,
a separate project which provides a GUI for Fink,
has released version 0.5.0, their first Jaguar-only version. The new
version includes a package browser which allows you to view the files
that Fink has installed for a particular package, as well as <extlink
url="http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/pages/VERSION_HISTORY.html">many
other improvements.</extlink>
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-02-07</date>
<headline>DO NOT INSTALL VIREX 7.2</headline>
<body>
<p>
The Virex 7.2 package, currently being distributed free to all .Mac
members, has a serious conflict with Fink. <em>Fink users should not install
Virex 7.2 under any circumstances.</em>
Installing it after Fink is installed
will damage your Fink installation; installing it prior to Fink will make
it impossible to install Fink without damaging Virex.
</p><p>
This bug has been <extlink
url="http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=6318&sid=33d08f3c34f7e09dc546aa1ddf1c299c">reported
to Virex's manufacturer.</extlink> We will keep the
Fink community informed about the situation as it develops.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-01-26</date>
<headline>Apple X11 Library Warning</headline>
<body>
<p>
While Apple's X11 works just fine with existing binaries, it
has a bug in the install name of the libraries that can cause some
software to build incorrectly, and will break forward-compatibility
with future X11 releases.
</p>
<p>
Ben Hines has created a script (available <extlink url="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/fink/fix-fink/install_name_fix.pl">here</extlink>) that you can use
that will fix the install_name entries in Apple's X11 libraries,
but it will not repair software you have already built against the
broken libraries.
</p>
<p><em>Update 11 February 2003:</em> This script is not needed with
version 0.2 of Apple's X11.app which was released yesterday.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-01-21</date>
<headline>Gnome, libpng, and the unstable tree</headline>
<body>
<p>
A problem was uncovered today concerning the versions of imlib,
libpng, and gnome in Fink's unstable tree. The Fink team is hard at
work addressing this problem. As a workaround, users can downgrade
their imlib package to the stable version, "<code>fink install
imlib-1.9.10-9</code>", until the problem is fixed.
</p><p>
Many Fink users may be using Fink's unstable tree without being
fully aware of what this entails. For a few months in the fall,
enabling the unstable tree was the only way to gain access to
10.2-compatible versions of Fink packages.
<em>That is no longer the case.</em>
Fink users who do not wish to help the Fink team with testing should
disable their unstable tree. To do this, edit the file
<code>/sw/etc/fink.conf</code> and remove the items
<code>unstable/main</code> and <code>unstable/crypto</code> from the
<code>Trees</code> line.
</p>
<p>The Fink team appreciates those users who are willing to stick with
the unstable tree, even when there are problems like today's, and provide
the team with prompt feedback. This is a community effort and we
appreciate your participation.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-01-17</date>
<headline>Anonymous CVS issues resolved</headline>
<body>
<p>
UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that SourceForge have resolved the issues with anonymous CVS access, and the selfupdate-cvs command should work again. Further details on the downtime can be found on the SourceForge.net <extlink url="http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=2352&group_id=1#cvs">site status</extlink> page.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-01-07</date>
<headline>Fink Interaction with Apple's X11 Public Beta</headline>
<body>
<p>
Fink works just fine with the <extlink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/">public beta X11 release</extlink>
with some caveats. Please read <link url="doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php#apple-binary">the newly added Apple X11</link> section of the Fink X11 Documentation for details.</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2003-01-07</date>
<headline>RSS Feeds available</headline>
<body>
<p>
Thanks to Benjamin Reed, it is now possible to receive RSS 1.0 Feeds that contain a lot of valuable information.
<link url="news/fink-stable.rdf">fink-stable.rdf</link> will tell you about the changes and additions in the stable tree, reflecting packages which have been added or modified.
</p>
<p><link url="news/fink-unstable.rdf">fink-unstable.rdf</link> will tell you about changes or additions to the unstable tree and is most likely the most active RSS feed.
The above Feeds are automatically updated every 60 minutes to make sure that they keep you all on top of the latest development.
</p>
<p><link url="news/news.rdf">news.rdf</link> This feed reflects the contents of the Fink News Page. The Feed is updated as soon as a new item is added on the Website.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-12-22</date>
<headline>New Upgrade Matrix</headline>
<body>
<p>A new <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link> is
now available, for use in upgrading earlier versions of Fink to the
current version, under either OS X 10.1 or OS X 10.2. Users upgrading
under 10.1 will be brought to Fink version 0.4.1a, while users
upgrading under 10.2 will be brought to Fink version 0.5.0a.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-12-11</date>
<headline>New Upgrade Matrix coming</headline>
<body>
<p>The Fink team is aware of the shortcomings of the current
<em>Upgrade Matrix</em> page, which is inadequate for upgrading
to Fink 0.5.0a. Please be patient as we construct
a new version of that page, whose existence will be announced
here. In the meantime, some of you may wish to use the <link
url="news/jaguar.php">test version of the Jaguar updater</link> which was
made available on 2002-09-08.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-12-09</date>
<headline>Fink 0.5.0a Released</headline>
<body>
<p>
Fink 0.5.0a for Mac OS X 10.2 is now complete. (Note: 0.5.0a is a final
release, and replaces 0.5.0 which was never officially released.) This
release includes over 700
binary packages for OS X 10.2 as well as over 1800 source packages of
all kinds.
</p>
<p>
The source release and the binary installer are available now, as well as all binary packages. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link>.
</p>
<p>
This release is for Mac OS X 10.2 only. 10.1 users should use Fink 0.4.1.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-11-11</date>
<headline>Update XFree86 for use with OS X 10.2.2</headline>
<body>
<p>
Users should update their XFree86 installations to version 4.2.1.1
for use with OS X 10.2.2. If you are using system-xfree86, you
can get the new version from the <link
url="https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=118483">XonX
project</link>. If you are using Fink's
xfree86 packages, you should update to xfree86-base-4.2.1.1-1 and
xfree86-rootless-4.2.1.1-1. These packages are recent additions to
the 10.2/unstable tree; to gain access to them, you may need to run
"fink selfupdate-cvs" and/or enable the unstable tree
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-10-30</date>
<headline>Don't reuse binary installer</headline>
<body>
<p>
Users are cautioned to use the binary installer for Fink 0.4.1 <em>only
once</em> on a given machine. Due to an apparent bug in Apple's
Installer.app program, attempting a second installation on the same
machine can result in permissions being altered in the machine's root
directory, in some cases leaving the machine in a non-bootable state.
</p><p> If Installer.app presents you with an "Upgrade" button rather
than an "Install" button when installing Fink 0.4.1, <em>do not proceed
any further!</em> </p>
<p>A new version of the binary installer for Fink 0.4.1 became available
on November 5. The new version avoids
the problem of the machine not booting, but even with the new version,
users are advised to only "Install",
not "Upgrade." (You can recognize the new version by its filesize of
12582912 bytes, while the old version had a filesize of 10541112 bytes.)
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-09-28</date>
<headline>Fink 0.4.1 released</headline>
<body>
<p>
The source release and the binary installer are available now, as well as all binary packages. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link>.
</p>
<p>
This is the <em>last release for Mac OS X 10.1</em>. Future versions of Fink will <em>not</em> officially support Mac OS X 10.1 anymore, we are gearing all our efforts towards 10.2.
</p>
<p>
At the same time, this release is not meant for Mac OS X 10.2. Fink 0.5.0. which is targeted for October, will be geared towards 10.2. In the meantime refer to the news item below on how to upgrade Fink for 10.2.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-09-27</date>
<headline>Possible conflicts with anti-virus software</headline>
<body>
<p> A number of recent reports on the
<link
url="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/">fink-users
mailing list</link> have indicated problems (including kernel panics and
infinite hangs during patching) when using Fink to compile packages while
anti-virus software is installed. You may need to switch off any anti-virus
software before using Fink.
</p></body></newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-09-08</date>
<headline>Test version of Jaguar updater available</headline>
<body>
<p>
A test version of the 10.2 updater for Fink is now available. The update process is somewhat complicated at the moment, but is explained in <link url="news/jaguar.php">step-by-step instructions for updating</link>. We also have separate <link url="news/jag-bootstrap.php">instructions to install Fink from scratch on 10.2</link>.
</p>
<p>
At the moment, approximately 800 out of 1150 Fink packages have been made ready for 10.2. However, virtually all of these packages are still being tested and have not yet been moved to the "stable" tree in the 10.2 section; moreover, binaries for 10.2 packages are not yet available.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-08-20</date>
<headline>Mac OS X 10.2 / Jaguar</headline>
<body>
<p>
During the last few weeks, we got a lot of emails asking whether Fink will work Mac OS X 10.2.
</p>
<p>
The answer is: Yes, we will support 10.2. However, due to some
major changes in this new OS version, we had to make a lot of adjustments both
to the Fink tool itself and to many packages. The current binary distribution,
0.4.0a, will only work partially on 10.2. We are working on an upgrade guide,
as well as a new Fink release, to support 10.2.
</p>
<p>
If you upgrade your system to 10.2 before the official Fink update for 10.2 is ready,
many Fink packages built on 10.1 are going to work fine, but others need to be rebuilt.
Some packages need special changes to build on 10.2. Adding "unstable/main" to your
list of trees in /sw/etc/fink.conf (see also the <link url="faq/usage-fink.php#unstable">FAQ</link>)
will give you access to the latest versions of packages, many of which include important
fixes for 10.2.
</p>
<p>
As of now, please do not email us asking about 10.2 support. If you can't wait,
consult the <link url="lists/index.php">mailing list archives</link> instead.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-08-06</date>
<headline>Fink package manager 0.10.0 released</headline>
<body>
<p>
Yesterday version 0.10.0 of the Fink package manager was released to the unstable tree, along with version 1.6 of the base-files package. All Fink users which are using the unstable tree are recommended to update to this version. The easiest way to do so usually is to run 'fink selfupdate-cvs' which will automatically take care of updating these essential packages.
</p>
<p>
Please report any problems you encounter with this version via our bug tracker.
</p>
<p>
An overview of what changed since version 0.9.12 can be found <link url="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=103599">here.</link>
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-07-17</date>
<headline>Binary distribution moves</headline>
<body>
<p>
The Fink binary distribution has moved to a new location. All Fink users wishing to use the binary distribution will have to make sure they are using the new binary distribution (many of you already are using it, maybe without even noticing). If you want to know how to switch and why we do this, <link url="news/bindist_move.php">read more here.</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-05-29</date>
<headline>KDE support</headline>
<body>
<p>
Fink <link url="news/kde.php">announces support</link> for <extlink url="http://www.kde.org">KDE</extlink>. Packages are available in the unstable distribution, as well as pre-built binaries. For more information on installing and running it, see the full <link url="news/kde.php">KDE Support In Fink</link> announcement.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-05-03</date>
<headline>Bug in passwd package</headline>
<body>
<p>
All Fink users are urged to update their <em> passwd </em> package to version 20020329 or newer. Older versions of the <em> passwd </em> package are affected by a bug which could lead to the loss of all data on your hard disk if you remove system users created by Fink manually from the system via System Preferences. (Removing them via the NetInfo tool is safe.) You can check the version of your passwd package by entering <em> dpkg -s passwd</em>. If your version is outdated, you can update to the current one in two ways:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Via the binary distribution. First make sure you have the latest list of packages available: <em> sudo apt-get update</em>. Then you can perform the actual update: <em> sudo apt-get install passwd</em>.
</li>
<li>
Via the source distribution. First make sure you have the latest set of package descriptions: <em> fink selfupdate-cvs</em>. Then, update the passwd package: <em> fink update passwd</em>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
See <link url="faq/usage-general.php#passwd">Fink's FAQ, question 6.3,</link> for more information about the passwd package.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-04-18</date>
<headline>Fink 0.4.0 released</headline>
<body>
<p>
The source release and the binary installer are available now, as well as many of the binary packages. As usual, the rest of the binaries will be made available during the next few days. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-01-16</date>
<headline>Fink 0.3.2a is released</headline>
<body>
<p>
The source release and the binary installer are available now, the bulk of binary packages will be built and made available gradually over the next few days as usual. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link> and the <link url="doc/users-guide/index.php">User's Guide</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-01-09</date>
<headline>Fink 0.3.2 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>
The source release is available now, the binary installer will follow soon. The bulk of binary packages will be built and made available gradually over the next few days as usual. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link> and the <link url="doc/users-guide/index.php">User's Guide</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2002-01-08</date>
<headline>Binary distribution lost</headline>
<body>
<p>
Due to a faulty script, the whole fink website, including our binary distro, has been wiped! This means you can't use the binary distro right now. I am working as quick as I can on uploading the new Fink 0.3.2 binary distro. In addition, the package database is not working for now. Please bear with us.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-12-16</date>
<headline>Yes, we are alive!</headline>
<body>
<p>
Despite the fact that no news were listed here for over a month, the fink project was quite busy in the recent time. Sadly, our leader, Christoph, left us last month. But despite this, development is going on actively.
</p>
<p>
Version 0.9.5 of the Fink package manager was recently released, and many updated and new packages are in our <link url="doc/cvsaccess/index.php">CVS</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-11-04</date>
<headline>Fink 0.3.1 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>
The source release and the binary installer are available now, the bulk of binary packages will be built and made available gradually over the next few days as usual. For information about upgrading, visit the <link url="download/upgrade.php">Upgrade Matrix</link> and the recently updated <link url="doc/users-guide/index.php">User's Guide</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-11-02</date>
<headline>Running X11 document updated</headline>
<body>
<p>
The <link url="doc/x11/index.php">Running X11</link> document has had a significant update. The troubleshooting section now has a comprehensive list of XDarwin error messages with explanations.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-10-31</date>
<body>
<p>
<extlink url="http://www.macosxhints.com/">MacOSXHints</extlink> has
posted an <extlink url="http://homepage.mac.com/rgriff/xdarwin.html">
installation guide</extlink> for XFree86, Fink, Window Maker and The GIMP.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-10-23</date>
<headline>forked.net</headline>
<body>
<p>
In addition to ripping off Fink packages and breaking the GPL, the ports
collection at <extlink url="http://macosx.forked.net/">forked.net
</extlink> has just gone commercial. More details soon.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-10-03</date>
<headline>Binary distribution complete</headline>
<body>
<p>The binary distribution update is now complete.
The <link url="news/puma.php">10.1 compatibility report</link> has been
updated to reflect the fixes in Fink 0.3.0.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-09-30</date>
<headline>Fink 0.3.0 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>The source release, the binary installer and a binary upgrade kit for
broken-by-10.1 installations are available in the new <link
url="download/index.php">download section</link>.
The bulk of the binary distribution will be updated gradually over the
next few days, as usual.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-09-26</date>
<headline>Mac OS X 10.1 released</headline>
<body>
<p>Mac OS X 10.1 has been officially released yesterday. Before you use Fink
on 10.1, check out the <link url="news/puma.php">compatibility report</link>.
<em>Update:</em> The apt-get issue has been solved, expect a new release
this weekend.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-09-07</date>
<headline>Binary distribution fully updated</headline>
<body>
<p>The binary distribution is now fully updated to
Fink 0.2.6. Enjoy.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-09-04</date>
<headline>Fink 0.2.6 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>Fink 0.2.6 is released, fixing several bootstrap problems. The source
release is available from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>
or via the 'fink selfupdate' command. The binary release will follow soon.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-09-02</date>
<headline>Fink IRC Channel</headline>
<body>
<p>Chat with the developers and other users! We now have a #fink channel
on the <extlink url="http://openprojects.net/">openprojects.net</extlink>
IRC network.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-25</date>
<headline>Fink 0.2.5 was released</headline>
<body>
<p>The source release is
available from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>, the
binary release will follow soon.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-23</date>
<headline>OpenOSX.com</headline>
<body>
<p>OpenOSX.com refuses to give fair credit after using Fink to create GIMP
CDs. Read Christoph's <link url="pr/openosx.php">public statement</link>
on the issue.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-22</date>
<headline>New help page</headline>
<body>
<p>The new <link url="help/index.php">help page</link> lists various ways
to get help using Fink. It also lists some ideas how you can give back to
the project.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-13</date>
<headline>Porting tips and X11 document updated</headline>
<body>
<p>The <link url="doc/porting/index.php">porting tips</link> document has
a new chapter on shared libraries and modules. The <link
url="doc/x11/index.php">X11</link> document was also updated recently.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-01</date>
<headline>Version 0.2.4a is released</headline>
<body>
<p>There was a bootstrapping problem in Fink 0.2.4. It is fixed in Fink
0.2.4a. You only need this if you're doing a first time install, updates
are not affected.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-08-01</date>
<headline>Version 0.2.4 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>Version 0.2.4 is released. Get it from the <link
url="download.php">download page</link>. Some highlights: The GIMP
1.2.2, sound playback and recording via esound (thanks to Shawn Hsiao
and Masanori Sekino for the CoreAudio patch), xmms 1.2.5.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-07-19</date>
<headline>New document: X11 on Darwin and Mac OS X</headline>
<body>
<p>A comprehensive document about <link url="doc/x11/index.php">X11 on
Darwin and Mac OS X</link> is now available. It was written to be useful
for anyone, not just Fink users.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-07-13</date>
<headline>Package database now online</headline>
<body>
<p>A prototype of the <link url="pdb/index.php">package database</link>
is now online.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-07-09</date>
<headline>Version 0.2.3 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>Get it from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>. This
version fixes the dpkg download problems many of you were having.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-07-03</date>
<headline>Packaging Manual updated</headline>
<body>
<p>The <link url="doc/packaging/index.php">Packaging Manual</link> was
updated to include all recently added fields.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-06-30</date>
<headline>Web site restructuring</headline>
<body>
<p>A major restructuring of the web site has started. The non-Fink-specific
documents were removed because I don't have the time to maintain them. All
documentation will be consolidated in the new <link url="doc/index.php">
Documentation section</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-06-24</date>
<headline>Version 0.2.2 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>Version 0.2.2 is finally released. Get it from the <link
url="download.php">download page</link>. Be sure to read the notes
about X11 in the INSTALL file.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-05-19</date>
<headline>CVS instructions updated</headline>
<body>
<p>The <link url="fink/cvs.php">CVS instructions</link> have
been updated for Fink 0.2.x.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-04-26</date>
<headline>FAQ online</headline>
<body>
<p>
This site now sports a <link url="faq/index.php">FAQ section</link>. Not much content yet, but it's here to stay.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-04-20</date>
<headline>Version 0.2.0 is released</headline>
<body>
<p>
It now uses dpkg for binary package management. You can get it from the download page, but be aware that this version is not yet as stable as the 0.1.x series.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-04-15</date>
<headline>Released version 0.1.8a</headline>
<body>
<p>
Released version 0.1.8a, fixing install problems. You only need this if you downloaded 0.1.8 and had install problems ("stow not found"). Get it from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-04-14</date>
<headline>Version 0.1.8 is out</headline>
<body>
<p>
Get it from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-03-30</date>
<headline>Porting notes updated</headline>
<body>
<p>
The <link url="darwin/porting.php">porting notes</link> have been updated with information on Mac OS X Final.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-03-30</date>
<headline>Version 0.1.7 is out!</headline>
<body>
<p>
Get it from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-03-24</date>
<headline>Mac OS X is released!</headline>
<body>
<p>
Expect Fink packages to be adapted to the final release within the next one or two weeks.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-03-15</date>
<headline>Libtool page updated</headline>
<body>
<p>
Updated the <link url="darwin/libtool.php">libtool page</link> with a revised patch that does full shared library versioning.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
<date>2001-03-08</date>
<headline>Version 0.1.6 is out</headline>
<body>
<p>
Get it from the <link url="download.php">download page</link>.
</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
</news>