--- Daniel Macks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 07:30:23AM -0700, Jeff Spitz wrote: > > Furthermore, choose (3) or (4): > > > > (3) It is impossible to devise a package management system for > > which svn does not require X11. > > > > (4) It is possible to devise a package management system for which > > svn does not require X11, however fink cannot do so at this > > time. > > > > Now, (3) is downright false, given that I've just built svn directly > > from sources without X11, and that darwinports builds svn from sources > > without X11. Oops! I just gave you a hint. > > Ah, but a manual build isn't a package management system. You have a > one-time manual task that has no clear reproducibility or > deterministic results, but accomplishes a specific niche task. Thus, > that situation and results are unrelated, and indeed almost completely > opposite what fink, and indeed any reliable good package management > system stands for. As for 4 and your MacPorts (remember, it changed > names a while ago!), you have already been told that fink already does > have an svn that does not require x11. So clearly you're here to troll > not to learn. > > dan Given that I've built svn manually from sources without X11 implies that it is *possible* to devise a package managment system for which svn does not require X11. Read the question. -jeff __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
