On Mar 15 2013, at 17:15 , David Chase wrote: > > On 2013-03-15, at 5:17 PM, David DeHaven <david.deha...@oracle.com> wrote: > >> It's not installed by default, and I'm not sure why you'd want to since >> Apple provides it. But if it's there that could be a concern. > > If you install subversion, you get file, and there are other things that (if > installed) will pull in subversion (e.g., trac).
Aha! That must be where it came from. (Though I now wonder why subversion can't use the Apple version of file) > Similarly if you install one of the Gnu Fortrans, you get /usr/local/gcc, > version 4.8.0. Oops. > >> Incidentally, someone else got a build working with brew so there's an >> alternative to MacPorts for those who don't want to use it. The only caveat >> is that brew installs everything into the system paths, which could cause >> problems later on. And it uses Ruby *hack cough*... > > Installing stuff on system paths is not what I want. Agreed! Mike
