NOTE: as of 25 October 2011, the buildpkg.sh script is not likely to work with

versions of OS X prior to 10.5 (maybe even 10.7). If necessary, older versions

of buildpkg.sh can be obtained from the old read-only CVS repository.

Setup environment variables:

BINDIST_VERSION is the version of fink you want to install, as a numerical

triplet value such as 0.4.5

ARCH is the architecture being used (PowerPC, Intel, or x86_64)

OSX_VERSION is the (minimum) OS X version for this installation

IN_BASEDIR is the directory containing this script (full pathname, with

no trailing slash). You are going to need /sw to be clear for this

installation, so if you move /sw to another location such as /sw.orig,

be sure to reset IN_BASEDIR to the correct value. IN_BASEDIR should

not contain any spaces, quotes, or metachars.

FINK_ROOT is the path for the Fink install location. This will almost

always be /sw, but can be set to another value, which is useful really

only for testing.

If FINK_ROOT is not set, then it defaults to /sw.

TODO: figure out how to patch destined $target_OSX and $target_CPU

into InstallationCheck and *.lproj/InstallationCheck.strings

Step 1:

Clear out $FINK_ROOT so that a fresh version can be installed there.

Step 2:

Download fink-BINDIST_VERSION-full.tar.gz from sourceforge (or use the copy

you generated when building the srcdist), unpack it and run "./bootstrap",

installing into $FINK_ROOT. Accept all default choices during configuration.

Step 2A:

Make sure that the file CURRENT-FINK-$OSX_VERSION is present on the fink

website, and run "$FINK_ROOT/bin/fink selfupdate", selecting option 3 (stick to

point releases).

Step 3:

Run "$FINK_ROOT/bin/fink update-all" in case there were updates to base-packages

since the last package manager release.

Step 4:

Remove all .deb's in $FINK_ROOT/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/* ,

and then remove all symlinks from $FINK_ROOT/fink/debs - you can do this by doing:

"sudo find $FINK_ROOT/fink -name '*.deb' -exec rm -rf {} \;"

Step 5:

Remove $FINK_ROOT/src/*

Step 6:

Run "$FINK_ROOT/bin/fink scanpackages", and then "sudo $FINK_ROOT/bin/apt-get update" to

properly prepare for distribution.

Step6a:

Run "$FINK_ROOT/bin/fink list --installed" to be ready with the information when

needed in step 8.

Step 6b:

Check permissions in your $FINK_ROOT directory to verify things are world-readable

when appropriate

Step 6c:

Run "chmod 1755 $IN_BASEDIR/contents" to get the permissions of the

"contents" directory to match those of / on the target machine.

Step 7:

Move the entire $FINK_ROOT directory into a subdirectory of $IN_BASEDIR/contents

(that is, you should have a directory $IN_BASEDIR/contents$FINK_ROOT/ when you are

finished).

Run "sudo cp -Rp $FINK_ROOT $IN_BASEDIR/contents" to copy. This preserves internal

file permissions.

Step 7a:

Update the copy of FinkCommander in $IN_BASEDIR/dmg to the latest version.

Step 8.

Use TextEdit to examine the files in the resources and dmg subdirs of

IN_BASEDIR, editing if necessary. You will need to edit the list of

installed packages which appears at the end of resources/ReadMe.rtf.

Leave the OSX_VERSION, BINDIST_VERSION, ARCH, and IN_VERSION variables as-is;

these will be replaced by the script. (IN_VERSION is replaced by

BINDIST_VERSION-ARCH.)

Be sure to clean out any *~ files or other stray files generated during

editing.

Step 9.

Run "sudo ./buildpkg.sh" (use "sudo -E" on 10.6+) This should copy the

resources and dmg directories, subsituting versions in the various read

me files. It will then create the pkg file in the dmg-BINDIST_VERSION-ARCH

directory. Then, a .dmg will be created and end up in the IN_BASEDIR. The

Volume name should be "Fink BINDIST_VERSION-ARCH Installer".

Step 10.

Mount and test the .dmg. Send it to someone else to test before release

as well.

Step 11.

Commit your revised versions of the .rtf and other files to CVS for the

benefit of future releases. Tag the CVS with a release tag of the form

release_x_y_z .

That's it, you're done!