On Aug 31, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Peter Taylor wrote:

The FAQ clearly states that:

system-xfree86: [placeholder for user installed x11]
system-xfree86-shlibs: [placeholder for user installed x11 shared libraries]
Represent Apple's X11/XDarwin, an optional part of OS X (X11User.pkg). These
packages provide x11 and x11-shlibs, respectively. See also this FAQ entry.


system-xfree86-dev [placeholder for user installed x11 development tools]
Represents Apple's X11/XDarwin SDK, an optional part of OS X (X11SDK.pkg).
This package provides x11-dev. See also this FAQ entry.


However, fink disagrees:
# COLUMNS=76 fink list x11\* system-xfree86\*
Information about 1833 packages read in 1 seconds.
i system-xfree86 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11]
i system-xfre... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 dev...
i system-xfre... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 sha...
x11 [virtual package]
x11-dev [virtual package]
x11-shlibs [virtual package]


Is the FAQ wrong?

No.

If so, are there plans to update it? If not, how do I persuade
fink that x11 is being provided?


x11, x11-dev and x11-shlibs are in your "fink list", so they are being provided. Run "fink-virtual-pkgs" if you don't believe me.


Since x11 is a provided virtual package rather than one that is generated directly by fink, it doesn't have a version number or show up with an i flag if it exists. If it weren't being provided, "fink list" wouldn't show it.

Fink 0.21.2, OS 10.3.5.

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Peter Taylor



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