Victor Eijkhout wrote:
> Greedy old me, I want the latest alpha (of fvwm2), which is not 
> available. At least, even with unstable/main in my config file I'm not 
> getting anything later than 2.4.7, while the alpha version is 2.5.2 (see 
> fvwm.org).
> 
> So, question: how can I reuse whatever the maintainer did to port it to 
> Darwin to compile the very very latest download from the web site (which 
> I tried doesn't install and I wouldn't know how to repair that)?
> 

Sorry if this has been answered already, but I am still catching up with 
mailing lists after 2 weeks of absence...

You can always copy the *.info and *.patch files into your local tree 
(/sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/) and modify them to build the new 
version. In this case, you want to replace the version number (in the 
file name and in the "Version:" line) from 2.4.7 to 2.5.2. Then run 
"fink install fvwm2" and look how far the compilation goes. When it 
breaks, modify the info file (AFAICS, you want to drop in a line 
"UpdateConfigGuess: true"). In case it works, tell the package 
maintainer about it.

-- 
Martin




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