On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Yoav Felberbaum wrote: > Basically the topic says it all. In the FAQ, it says it SHOULD in > theory work > <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#moving-symlink> > Can anyone comment on if they've had any problems with this method?
Yes. It works. File the FAQ entry under "Covering Your Ass" :) -- if you know what you're doing -- and if you know enough to ask, you probably know enough to get this right -- then it can work just fine. > Any other ways I could do it? Mess about with mountpoints by editing fstab? Yech no, much more complicated than necessary. It's been a while since I first installed Fink, so I forget the details here, but you can either [a] have the installer put Fink in (say) /Volumes/External/Fink or if you already have it installed then [b] move it from /sw to a point such as the above. Then just symlink the remote install point to /sw with a ln -s. You can also change the installation point by editing the master config file in $fink_dir/etc/fink.conf. I haven't tried this but it should work just fine. I like the symlink hack though. Very easy & reliable for me. But if you try it & anything breaks, under the CYA rule, you didn't hear how to do this from me... ;) -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache / mod_perl / Boston.com systems administrator Help bring Connector to OSX: PetitionOnline.com/osximian "More war soon. You know how it is." -- mnftiu.cc _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
