>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Erwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jeremy> Well, one could write a flag "--ignore-pm" that would simply direct Jeremy> fink not to check for the presence of a -pm type package. The fink Jeremy> program would then assume that the user had already resolved the Jeremy> dependency before hand. The system-perl package would make this Jeremy> "ignore-pm" flag the default. Yeah, now we're getting somewhere. Jeremy> Since all of the packages currently bear the "Type:perl" designation, Jeremy> this shouldn't be too difficult to implement :) Hmm. My earlier proposal to rewrite Fink from the ground up would certainly tackle this. Unfortunately, I'm recovering from a Q3 and Q4 loss, so every odd ounce of time I've got is spent doing marketing and sales right now so that Q1 doesn't end up in the same toilet. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
