This is exactly what the "system-xfree86" package does:  it lets the
packaging system know that you have xfree86.

On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:00, Jaimie Lancaster wrote:
> Recently upgraded to Jaguar. Lost my X windows capability. Scoured the 
> web and finally reinstalled xfree86 and the patches and everything 
> works like a charm. I downloaded the files from the Xdarwin site. Now 
> when I use fink, it tells me that xfree86 is not installed and that it 
> will need to install the application (because of a dependency).  It 
> mentioned something about letting the program know that I wanted to 
> keep my original installation but I wasn't clear on how to do that.
> 
> In short form, my question is "How do I let fink know that I already 
> have xfree86 installed?"
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> 
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