I have several packages that have very generally named header files.
i.e. uw-imap-c-client which is not using autoconf, and cpdflib. I can
install the library in /sw/lib and the header file in /sw/include but
with names like misc.h this could be a problem. I would like to
install to a
At 20:04 Uhr -0500 09.01.2003, Jason Deraleau wrote:
My vote is for /opt/fink.
Just to clarify this, there is nothing to vote on here. There are
no serious reasons to abandon /sw, but many good reasons not to do
it - one of them being backward compatibility, we don't want to
force 99% of
Hi. I have a package which currently creates a file outside /sw. It
adds a file to /etc/xinetd.d/ so your computer acts as a POP3 server so
you can get Hotmail in any e-mail client. The person who is looking
over my package isn't sure about my modifying outside /sw but in an
effort to keep
On Freitag, Januar 10, 2003, at 02:29 Uhr, Jared wrote:
On an unrelated note (because I don't want to join another mailing
list to ask this), I got an error while installing gimp (fink install
gimp). I am using Apple's X11 so with the many choices at the
beginning of installation, I chose to
http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/index.php
currently shows
The database was last updated at 08:37 GMT on Friday, January 10 and
currently lists 24 packages in 22 sections.
Why only 24? What's happening there?
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On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 08:59 AM, David R. Morrison wrote:
Jared [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi. I have a package which currently creates a file outside /sw. It
adds a file to /etc/xinetd.d/ so your computer acts as a POP3 server
so
you can get Hotmail in any e-mail client. The person
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 11:45 AM, Benjamin Reed wrote:
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 11:38 AM, David wrote:
I did offer that as well. I am also still talking to the fink.info
owner and they do not seem too reluctant on sponsoring the domain.
Neither money nor resources seem to be
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 14:09, David R. Morrison wrote:
snip
fink.net seems to belong to netidentity.com, and there is one registered
node, namely http://Rat.Fink.net . So this would seem to be out.
(I'm not sure that I can explain to a non-American what ratfink means...)
Hint: it's not a
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 03:17 pm, Jared wrote:
What does Fink's daemonic package do? I'm not familiar with it.
Last i checked, it managed a load of startupitem bundles in
/Library/StartupItems (can you say, ick?).
-- Finlay
I agree fink.info would rule but it's taken so we need an other, what
about finkhq.info?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I did offer that as well. I am also still talking to the fink.info
owner and they do not seem too reluctant on sponsoring the domain.
Neither money nor resources seem to be the
if this is the case then fink.org is the logical choice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I know one should never shed critique without offering a better
solution. I have no better solution but I know that I will go and
register
finkdocu.org
finkdevel.org
-=[JFH] Justin F. Hallett Systems
Even if I am not a core devel team member let me add a few comments:
I agree with David that I don't like the 'hq'. To me it doesn't mean a
thing. I personally would vote for fink.info or fink.org or even
fink.net (we are a 'network' of developers, no?)
That's it.
On Freitag, Januar 10, 2003,
At 19:47 Uhr + 10.01.2003, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 03:17 pm, Jared wrote:
What does Fink's daemonic package do? I'm not familiar with it.
Last i checked, it managed a load of startupitem bundles in
/Library/StartupItems (can you say, ick?).
I can say it,
Just to avoid some confusion: none of the various www.fink.* seems to
be available. No .net, .com. org, .de, .info, etc. so forget about
those!
finkhq seems to be something very US centric. I guess HQ stands for
head quarter ? In any case, not many people from here would
associate it with
I suggested hq because I found xinehq.de and mplayerhq.de, so I thought it
was a de thing :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
finkhq seems to be something very US centric. I guess HQ stands for
head quarter ? In any case, not many people from here would
associate it with that immediatly. And it
I think everyone will vote for fink.info but it's NOT avail
not sure about fink.net but fink.org is avail ATM
and this is discussion is for all, I just wanted to get the core teams
attention at least :P
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I agree with David that I don't like the 'hq'. To me it doesn't
http://www.fink.org/ seems to be the property of a Mr. A. Fink.
Kris
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Justin Hallett wrote:
I think everyone will vote for fink.info but it's NOT avail
not sure about fink.net but fink.org is avail ATM
and this is discussion is for all, I just wanted to get the core
This was just asked last week, and i answered.
If one more person asks i'm adding it to the faq.
-Ben
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 06:53 AM, Christian Schaffner wrote:
http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/index.php
currently shows
The database was last updated at 08:37 GMT on Friday, January
or create a startup item for xinetd, it seems to me I remember having to
do this to test proftpd with xinetd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What do you mean by startup items are more preferred? Should I
somehow create a startup item for hotway instead of using xinetd and if
so, how would I do that?
On my machine, inetd is running rather thatn xinetd. So are you sure
that
this would actually work?
Because you have no services for it. It checks at boot time. (see
your console.log)
inetd is obsolete, xinetd comes with Jaguar and is preferred (though
startup items are more preferred)
or create a startup item for xinetd, it seems to me I remember having
to
do this to test proftpd with xinetd.
-=[JFH] Justin F. Hallett Systems Analyst
xinetd is started by
/System/Library/StartupItems/IPServices/IPServices. As long as it has
an active service it will load at boot. inetd
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 01:01 PM, Jason Deraleau wrote:
Now, if we could just figure out why Apple didn't remove the inetd
line from /System/Library/IPServices/IPServices...
Because, as i said, inetd is OBSOLETE. xinetd is its replacement.
-Ben
tha tis it, looks very familiar :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now, if we could just figure out why Apple didn't remove the inetd line
from /System/Library/IPServices/IPServices...
-=[JFH] Justin F. Hallett Systems Analyst
-=[JFH] Rendek Communications Inc.
-=[JFH] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
as max noted I'm working on adding xinetd support to daemonic.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm curious, perhaps Fink could standardize a location in the /sw/etc
directory, perhaps /sw/etc/xinetd.d and then just add a line to
/etc/xinetd.conf that says IncludeDir /sw/etc/xinetd.d? This would
On Jan 10,2003 12:19:30 -0600, Kris Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
http://www.fink.org/ seems to be the property of a Mr. A. Fink.
Kris
It's kind of cool, actually... He has done Mac OS 9 development, and he has a
link to our project at the bottom of his page.
fink.net seems to belong to
Hi,
I'm interested in possibly maintaining PHP for fink. I need to know
what's expected of the
maintainer. Or is it just a best-efforts kind of thang.
Gen Kiyooka
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On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Justin Hallett wrote:
what about finkhq both de and com are avail...
finkhq.de was my first though since both Chris and Max are from de it
seems only right to honor them and there country. or finkhq.com it we
want to be in the .com I think .org is
Justin Hallett wrote:
I suggested hq because I found xinehq.de and mplayerhq.de, so I thought it
was a de thing :)
And there's winehq.com + winehq.org too.
I think finkhq.* is not a bad choice and doesn't suffer the problem of
compound word names where when you say it you also have to clarify
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 08:17 pm, Max Horn wrote:
Last i checked, it managed a load of startupitem bundles in
/Library/StartupItems (can you say, ick?).
I can say it, but I don't know why you would say it, how about
elaborating?
Mixing daemonic-managed startup items with
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 02:28 PM, Gen Kiyooka wrote:
Hi,
I'm interested in possibly maintaining PHP for fink. I need to know
what's expected of the
maintainer. Or is it just a best-efforts kind of thang.
Someone on IRC keeps saying they will update our php package, but they
David R. Morrison wrote:
On Jan 10,2003 12:19:30 -0600, Kris Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
http://www.fink.org/ seems to be the property of a Mr. A. Fink.
Kris
It's kind of cool, actually... He has done Mac OS 9 development, and he has a
link to our project at the bottom of his page.
So the subject of perl 5.8 came up again on #fink, and I started taking
a look at what we had. Chris Dolan put together a great package for
perl 5.8, but it has one problem -- it still puts everything in
/sw/lib/perl5 just like our 5.6 packages. The problem is perl 5.6
modules are not
FYI, David Morrison and I talked about this some more in #fink, and
there is more to think about. 1) is trying to find a way to transition
(perhaps /sw/lib/perl/5.6 and /sw/lib/perl/5.8 ?), and 2) is making
things clean bootstrap-wise.
There was post from Fred Sanchez with some ideas on doing
Here are a few relevant posts:
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg87083.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg06039.html
and, someone who implemented this, more or less...
http://maikimo.net/radio/stories/2002/11/23/buildingperl580modperlapac.html
We also need to look at the standard instructions for
I got in touch with my friend Andeas Fink, long time owner of the
fink.org domain. He is an even longer time Mac user and is willing to
provide DNS for a host in the fink.org domain with we like (except www
of course!).
Some suggestions:
web.fink.org
home.fink.org
project.fink.org
project.fink.org has a nice ring to it :)
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jim White wrote:
I got in touch with my friend Andeas Fink, long time owner of the
fink.org domain. He is an even longer time Mac user and is willing to
provide DNS for a host in the fink.org domain with we like (except www
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