On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 14:02, Michael Bovee wrote: > Hi all, > I recently mentioned the problem with FinkCommander crashing on gnome > compile, and Alexander pointed out that it would probably work from > terminal.app. This turned out to be (mostly) true. But I still have > growing angst and confusion on the following points: > > 1) still cannot get to current gnome-core-dev because of the > scrollkeeper segfault error. I've rebuilt scrollkeeper before and it > says 'current' but still halts the compile, this is all with > Terminal.app > This continues to be problematic. I had some errors from French localization, but they didn't prevent the build from finishing.
Other things that users have tried were posted on this list and on fink-beginners. > 2) I saw a compile scroll by yesterday with a bunch of warnings about > that 'weak' thing that seemed to be related to PATH pointers in the > 10.1 version of fink (don't have the details at hand) and I'm wondering > if I need to fix that using the info that was posted. Sorry this is so > vague, ignore it if it doesn't ring a bell. I'll be checking the FAQ > again soon. > These warnings _are_ mentioned in the FAQ. They're harmless. > 3) Every time I compile something (successfully even) I still get > warnings about system-xfree86, which I abandoned some time ago for > Fink's packages. Did some of my packages get compiled against > system-xfree way back when and fink is remembering that? How do I tell > fink to get over it already? :0) > No, because you can't compile against system-xfree86--it's just a placeholder to an existing XFree86 installation. Can you provide an example? This may actually be easy to clear up > 4) What is the difference between libpng and libpng3; one package made > me install libpng3 and archived the previously installed libpng, and > then last nite I was 'experimenting' and I tried 'fink update libpng' > and it made 'current' the libpng entry and 'archived' the libpng3. So > can I just get rid of one of these guys? > > 5) that imlib thing is cleared up and no longer an issue, right? > Not completely, but the suggested fix does keep GNOME happy. > Thanks for the top notch help on this list. I would have long ago given > up the hope of learning to use the great open source tools available > here (let alone OS X and the Terminal) if it hadn't been for all of you. > > Regards, > --Michael > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
