I would like some advice regarding changing my 10.6 system over to fink 64-bit from the 32-bit bootstrap it currently has.
A little background might be helpful. When I first upgraded to Snow Leopard I did an archive and install mainly because I was not confident with my backup drive (which has indeed subsequently failed). Recently I was able to purchase a Time Capsule to replace the failed drive and so after backing up my system I took the opportunity to reinstall Snow Leopard on a clean disk and then restored my user accounts from the backup (a process which went amazingly well, by the way). Now I can once again empty my trash using the Finder and I can also re-size my partition with BootCamp, neither of which were working prior to erasing and reinstalling. With the clean install of the operating system, I'm considering switching fink over to 64-bit. Even though my MacBook Pro cannot boot in 64-bit mode, it can run 64-bit processes. To accomplish the swap I believe that all I have to do is move /sw out of the way (perhaps keeping it) and then bootstrap 64-bit fink onto my machine (please let me know if that's not true). Another question is whether it would be possible to swap the 32-bit and 64-bit fink installations simply by moving the /sw tree around appropriately and whether this serves any useful purpose from the perspective of testing packages (that is, I don't see the value of doing this for myself, but I would do it if it would provide a straightforward way to test packages against both set ups). If there are other environment settings that get affected and must be manipulated when I change trees I would need to know this. It's probably worth stating that I have no need to keep packages which have already been built and am happy to simply rebuild them. Thanks for your advice! Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
