Many thanks.
Fink has been on the system for a few years now,, not used very often, I
think it was originally to update Ghostscript and GIMP, but time causes my
memory to fail me.
The 0.9.0 was an update yesterday, so maybe a fresh install might not work
as you infer, but the update did.
I found the source I was looking for and I guess the Provided represent a
lot of stuff built in by Apple.
Once again, many thanks.
On 8/5/08 7:05 PM, in article
[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Alexander Hansen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Aug 5, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Richard Tomkins wrote:
>
>> OS X 10.4.11
>> PowerBook G4
>>
>> FinkCommander Version 0.5.4 (.release)
>> Package manager version: 0.28.5
>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync (0.9.0)
>>
>
> Hmm...I'm surprised that the 0.9.0 installer worked on 10.4.11.
>
>> 1. Under the Installed column in the display, what does ³Provided² mean?
>>
>
> "Provided" means that the package isn't really a package, but another package
> declares that it has the functionality. It's often used when multiple
> packages do the same thing.
>
>>
>> 2. I used Fetch from the Source menu, where did Fink put the file/package or
>> whatever? What directory?
>>
>
> It's a source tarball, which is typically in /sw/src
>
>>
>> 3. Where would I find information about the compile options that were used
>> with a Binary distribution?
>>
>
> You can check what the source version uses via "fink dumpinfo
> -fconfigureparams <packagename>"--the binaries are generated from this
> description, too--provided that the package version in the source tree is
> still the same as that for the binary.
>
>> Regards, Richard Tomkins
>>
>
>
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