On 5/13/06, ..lj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > >
This is intentional--Fink doesn't apply any CPU-specific optimizations, so you should indeed be able to clone setups between computers with the same architecture and OS X second-digit version (10.4 <-> 10.4). -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (for now) Help keep AKH in Fink! Go to http://ldx3.psfc.mit.edu/~hansen/ and contribute to the Mini fund. _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
