> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joshua Juran > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fink > > I tried Fink on my first OS X installation (Panther). Since Fink has > a much smaller set of package maintainers than Debian, the available > versions tend to lag behind. These days, when I want to use a Unix > program on OS X, I download the source code and build it myself.
Out of curiousity, have you ever tried the NetBSD pkgsrc system? It's a cross-platform package system, similar to MacPorts (both derive from the FreeBSD ports system originally). I've used it with Tiger and Panther for ports which did not exist in Fink or MacPorts. John -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
