-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brendan Simon wrote: > Martin Costabel wrote: >>> So how do I get/install your patch to try out (I'm still new to fink, >>> and OS X for that matter) ? >>> Can I just do a "fink update net-snmp-unified" or is it something >>> more manual ??? >> Since the package has a maintainer who usually is very active, I >> didn't want to interfere with his management of this package. So for >> the moment, you would have to download the modified patch file from >> the Fink cvs server at >> <http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/fink/experimental/costabel/finkinfo/net-snmp-unified.patch>
>> >> and replace the file >> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/net-snmp-unified.patch >> with this new file. Then run "fink update net-snmp-unified". > I can confirm that the patch worked for me :) Thanks Martin. > > Now, if I type "snmpget --version", I get: > -bash: /usr/bin/snmpget: no such file or directory. > > But if I type "/sw/bin/snmpget --version", I get: > NET-SNMP version: 5.4.1 > > I don't quite understand the difference here, especially sinch "which > snmpget" yields: > /sw/bin/snmpget > > I guess it is some left of binaries/libraries from the original 5.2.1 > installation in /usr/ > How do I get rid of that older version? > Is there a "proper" way to get rid of these Apple provided packages? > > Thanks, Brendan. > > The "proper" thing to do is NOT TO TOUCH THE SYSTEM FILES! (Had to emphasize that.) That's why we stash everything by default in a tree that nobody else uses, and set the PATH so that Fink's stuff comes first. Your message suggests that you've already removed Apple's snmpget, and that your shell session hasn't rebuilt its lookup hash table. If I'm right, and if you haven't _deleted_ the old file, put it back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHb7kGB8UpO3rKjQ8RAownAJ9Aryshak+3BkrsOM8QP1+mtOshCACfROA3 6w/nER6OL7GohPvzu9CpYaw= =sysH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
