-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Spitz wrote: >
> > I hope I'm not insulting *your* intelligence when I say that you need > to think about what you are saying. > > I originally built my own svn without a glitch; the only dependency > was Berkeley DB. I use GNU stow for rudimentary package management of > hand-built sources. > > Out of a whim, I decided to see if fink was ready for production. > Judging by your response, it is not. What is worse, you do not seem > to understand *why* fink is broken. This is really bad, because it > means fink cannot improve as long as your mentality pervades the > project. > > This is not directed to you specifically, but to anyone who remotely > shares a similar view as your response above. > > The details of fink's broken-ness do not concern me --- whether X11 is > required due to a build dependency, or the wrong configuration > parameters, or whatever. If the DEFAULT setup means svn requires X11, > then fink is still broken; at best it is ill-conceived. > > Let's try a short quiz. I'll even make it multiple choice. > > Please choose (1) or (2): > > (1) svn should require X11. > > (2) svn should not require X11. > > Furthermore, choose (3) or (4): > > (3) It is impossible to devise a package management system for > which svn does not require X11. > > (4) It is possible to devise a package management system for which > svn does not require X11, however fink cannot do so at this > time. > > Now, (3) is downright false, given that I've just built svn directly > from sources without X11, and that darwinports builds svn from sources > without X11. Oops! I just gave you a hint. > Instead of flaming a mailing list (and apparently cross-posting to boot), did you consider filing a bug report? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFN48/rTC5hIgjqTMRAiKgAKCd4S1M8XVSiV+JiWpFsO4OZBEBswCdEYwb MLS18gjiyjxkrMDj2yGusiE= =N96/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
