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On 4/11/10 6:28 PM, Likai Liu wrote:
> Looks like the static version of freetype2 that Fink compiled itself
> somehow detected and tried to use a deprecated Carbon API for managing
> fonts.
> 
> There seems to be no easy way to fix this for now. I need to redo
> xetex.info because it has been trying to support Mac OS X 10.3 for
> years; it's not needed anymore. Also, xetex 0.996 is over 2 years old,
> so it deserves an upgrade. What is preventing me from keeping xetex
> up-to-date is that it has an exotic build system, partially based on
> autoconf but it has a lot of its own stuff.
> 
> That said, I would like someone else to volunteer support for
> packaging xetex on Fink. I don't have the time.
> 
> Regarding TeXlive, I've personally started using and highly recommend
> using TeXlive "as is" (without going through Fink). TeXlive "as is"
> comes with a package manager "tlmgr" that downloads and updates
> directly from CTAN using a network installer, hence the "live."
> Package managing texlive through Fink is redundant, and won't always
> give you the newest TeX packages.
> 
> liulk
> 

However, when using a package which depends a TeX distro, one has to do
something to satisfy that, and we've found it futile to try. to rely on
upstreams doing things in a sane, stable manner.

- -- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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