Hi Max. Actually, I think it's important to release a version of the bootstrap with this choice to be made, to be used by folks who have replaced their Apple-supplied /usr/bin/perl by perl 5.8.0. If my guess is correct that 10.3 will include perl 5.8.0 instead of perl 5.6.0, this will also be useful during a transition period this summer in which a number of fink users who are also ADC members may get developer seeds of 10.3 and may try to use fink with this.
The issue here is that we include storable-pm in the bootstrap, but storable-pm is not appropriate if you have perl 5.8.0 (because it is in fact included in perl 5.8.0). So we now have a storable-pm package which is a bundle that allows for a choice of storable-pm560 or system-perl580. The way fink is set up, you normally don't get to make that choice until the packages are about to be installed. There are various ways we could modify the bootstrap procedure to cope with this and eleminate the "choice in the middle", but I suggest we wait until the first seed of 10.3 (on June 23) before deciding how to modify our bootstrap procedure. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
