On 3/2/07, Roger Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christian Schaffner <chris01 <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>
> >
> > Hi Andrew
> >
> > There is a new version in Fink now, that should fix this problem:
> > 4.001-10. Please do a 'fink selfupdate' and then 'fink install dbd-
> > mysql-pm588'.
> >
> > Could you please report back how this new version works? I would like
> > to move it to the stable tree if it seems to be working fine.
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback!
> > Christian.
> >
>
> Hi Christian --
>
>    I am sorry if this is a newbie question; I am used to working on Linux and 
> am
> transitioning to a macbook.  I started installing MySQL via CPAN, as I am used
> to doing, but when I ran into a problem installing DBD::mysql, I found and
> started using Fink.
>
>    So I have MySQL installed in /usr/local/mysql via CPAN.  When I run 'fink
> install dbd-mysql-pm588' as you suggest, it wants to install a new mysql 
> client,
> among other packages, presumably under /sw.  Does that mean that Fink can't 
> see
> packages outside /sw, and will it be incompatible with CPAN and manually
> installed packages as I keep setting things up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
>
>
>

Fink doesn't see any packages it doesn't install itself, other than a
few cases where placeholders are employed.  Manually updating
libraries and headers in /usr/local can cause problems for Fink
packages.  Updating the perl modules via CPAN is likely to produce
unforeseen issues.

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink Documenter (still)

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