On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 08:53 AM, Max Horn wrote: > >> >> Btw, which version/package/libraries/headers should be used to port a >> fink package. The one packaged for fink or the one included with >> MacOSX. For example zlib - there is a fink package and a version in >> MacOSX - which one to use??? > > For zlib, the OS doesn't provide headers, so you have no choice. The > same for libpcap and some others. As to link to which lib: usually not > interfering there at all is the right thing, i.e. let the package do > the pick - usually that will be the Fink version of the lib, but in > e.g. the case of zlib they will link against the systems version of > zlib. > >
It doesn't? Sure, its a version behind, but i thought the fink policy was NOT to depend on fink zlib at all because it is not needed and just there for backward compatibility for old packages. ben% ls -la /usr/include/zconf.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7903 Sep 2 2001 /usr/include/zconf.h ben% ls -la /usr/include/zlib.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 40898 Sep 2 2001 /usr/include/zlib.h ben% ls -la /usr/lib/libz.1.1.3.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 60468 May 25 10:58 /usr/lib/libz.1.1.3.dylib ben% dpkg -c /sw/fink/debs/zlib_1.1.4-1_darwin-powerpc.deb drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/ drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:07 ./sw/include/ -rw-r--r-- root/admin 7835 2002-07-17 09:54:07 ./sw/include/zconf.h -rw-r--r-- root/admin 40900 2002-07-17 09:54:07 ./sw/include/zlib.h drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/lib/ -rwxr-xr-x root/admin 60468 2002-07-17 09:54:07 ./sw/lib/libz.1.1.4.dylib drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/share/doc/zlib/ -rw-r--r-- root/admin 3593 2002-03-11 06:15:28 ./sw/share/doc/zlib/FAQ -rw-r--r-- root/admin 6877 2002-03-11 07:02:55 ./sw/share/doc/zlib/README lrwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2002-07-17 09:54:08 ./sw/lib/libz.1.dylib -> libz.1.1.4.dylib -Ben ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
