> On Jul 25, 2015, at 01:35, Mike Wilkes <mike.wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I see that /sw/share/xinitrc has the script sys-xinitrc-fink in it. As I 
> mentioned, at one point, I removed fink's xinitrc package and all its 
> dependencies, then reinstalled it. XQuartz 2.2.7 seemed to work after 
> this...until I rebooted. This file wasn't touched by any of this, and still 
> has the date July 4 (I am not sure what happened that day, perhaps I 
> selfupdated fink?).  And, there are these comments in the file: 
> 
> # This script works even after the Fink "xinitrc" package is removed. # Don't 
> worry. 
> 
> 
> which probably explain its persistence. Does this script get executed at 
> startup?  No, I see it is not executable, so what it is there for?
> 
> 
> I did a "fink update xinitrc" which returns with "No packages to install".  
> Does anything change by updating this package?
> 

No, because there’s no new version.  You’d want to use “fink rebuild xinitrc” 
or “fink reinstall xinitrc”.  

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison

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