At 7:13 AM -0500 2/16/07, Alexander Hansen wrote: >(...I thought I suggested removing the package that provided >[/sw/bin/rm], rather than the executable itself--but it was late so I probably >wasn't clear in my explanation) > >It's not "broken", per se. The coreutils package has newer (GNU) >versions of some of the base programs than are provided by the system, >but in some cases they don't function absolutely identically. This is >one of those cases. > >What has been done is that these executables have been placed in a >nonstandard location out of the PATH by "coreutils", and only move >into the PATH if the "coreutils-default" package is chosen...
OK, for me, "fink list coreutil" shows both coreutils and coreutils-default to be installed. Should I remove either one of these packages? --Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
