On 2/16/07, Jonathan Levi, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
coreutils-default would suffice--that way you would still have access to the newer stuff in coreutils , e.g. /sw/bin/grm for the newer rm. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
