On 10/24/13 6:04 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: > I have a few questions about using fink on Mavericks. I have seen prior > messages indicating it was not yet ready - but those wet over a month ago. > > 1. I have an existing fink set up on 10.8.5, latest Xcode, and all > applications that I use are current. Would those already built applications > continue to work if I upgraded to 10.9? >
Quite possibly. There may be some individual glitches. > 2. Could I now update those applications under Mavericks, should I wait until > fink is updated, or should I do something else [I am willing to help debug > fink for 10.9]? > There is going to be no upgrade path for Fink installations from any earlier OS X to Mavericks, due to changes in the C++ ABI. > 3. If I wait, what kind of steps would I need to do at that point to resume > updates? > You would need to reinstall Fink completely. http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/starting-anew/ has information about how to do this, as does the document /sw/share/doc/fink/INSTALL in the "Clean Upgrade" section. Both of these mention methods to capture list of installed packages to make it easier to restore your setup. > 4. I also noticed the rsync command used in "selfupdate" is… > /usr/bin/rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q --include='10.7/' > --include='10.7/stable/' --include='10.7/stable/main/' > --include='10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/' > --include='10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.7/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' > --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' > 'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' > Is that OK or should I make changes to fix the above? > No. 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 share a common tree. > 5. Is there any issue running "FinkCommander" or would it work OK (if fink > does…). > Unknown. Nobody's reported one way or the other. > Thanks. > -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
