"Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3/3/06, Bob Portmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why are the GNU coreutils and binutils packages not included in Fink? >> These seem like pretty basic stuff that I imagine lots of people would >> want (since many of the gnu commands are much nicer than the BSD ones >> that come with Darwin). Do they break the system somehow? I've >> noticed that Darwinports has them. Has anyone tried them? >> >> Thanks, >> Bob >> > > There were problems with coreutils historically. > > If you'd like to make (working) Fink packages for them, I'm sure folks > would appreciate your efforts. :-)
I tried to package coreutils at some point. It compiles fine on Darwin, but I remember of issues with some commands (like su). It might be fixed in more recent releases though. Sébastien ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
