On May 13, 2006, at 16:48, David Lowe wrote: > On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:43 AM, ..lj wrote: > >>> Is it possible to burn my entire /sw directory tree to a DVD, >>> send it to a >>> friend and have him use that as a start point rather than going >>> through >>> the whole 1.8GB of download, compile, install etc.? >> >> I use tar as my backup method. Below is a copy of shell files. You >> could place the applicable file on a dvd. Remember that new >> installs will require you to reinstall "passwd" and "daemonic" >> because the have effect outside fink. > > What's the current state of knowledge as to how much compatibility > is required to make this work? I assume that both computers should > have the same version of OS and fink install. I also assume that > this trick won't work between PowerPC and an Intel CPU. What about > a G4 & a G5? > > PowerMac G5 1.6 GHz [2 GB mem] Os X.4.6, Apple X11, XCode 2.2.1, > Fink 0.24.15
I've used tar to go between G4's and g5's without difficulty. However they were at the same OS X level. (Panther, Tiger, etc..) ..lj _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
