[Fink-devel] Fink on WWDC Leopard

2007-06-19 Thread Joe Block
I'm trying to bootstrap fink from the source tarball on the download page onto a machine running WWDC Leopard, but I'm having issues. Is there a specific tag I can check out from CVS that is known to work? Thanks, jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Macintosh Syst

Re: [Fink-devel] policy question

2005-02-21 Thread Joe Block
d a more recent version of the libjpeg source than the one that was used to create the libjpeg package that is live on the system, and bad things could happen. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we&#x

[Fink-devel] packaging question

2003-08-18 Thread Joe Block
create a deb, but what is the preferred way of dealing with that in the info file so that end users can build without manually messing with the file name? Thanks, jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference b

Re: [Fink-devel] spam

2003-07-12 Thread Joe Block
t spammers were subscribing to lists before posting to them, though I suppose I should have realized that it was only a matter of time. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The light at the end of the tunnel is the explosives around that little ball of Pu239 - Mike Andrews -BEG

Re: [Fink-devel] spam

2003-07-12 Thread Joe Block
oo hard to subscribe from the other addresses and set them nomail. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than in theory. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQE/EJoIyEXo8W2M9hsRAqzOAJ9Wtm7

Re: [Fink-devel] .cshrc vs .tcshrc

2003-02-26 Thread Joe Block
. The /etc/csh.cshrc is read before the local .cshrc or .tcshrc of csh and tcsh. This could even be done automatically during the fink setup. This would be vulnerable to being stepped on by future system updates from Apple. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A document found in Italy d

[Fink-devel] Re: A question about Zope.

2003-01-29 Thread Joe Block
on "python" (that is the latest Python version)? Zope doesn't work with 2.2. It's an upstream problem, not a fink problem. - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished build

[Fink-devel] Bug in info file validation

2003-01-18 Thread Joe Block
xes the problem. The fink I'm using was cvs updated last night or this morning. I'm using the December devtools. [jpb@athena:/sw/src]$ fink --version Package manager version: 0.11.1 Distribution version: 0.5.1.cvs [jpb@athena:/sw/src]$ It was driving me nuts because it was working bef

Re: [Fink-devel] How about web.fink.org?

2003-01-11 Thread Joe Block
with we like (except www of course!). Some suggestions: web.fink.org home.fink.org project.fink.org sw.fink.org get.fink.org install.fink.org go.fink.org goto.fink.org this.is.fink.org osx.fink.org macosx.fink.org I'm partial to get, install and osx myself. jpb - -- Joe Block &l

Re: [Fink-devel] Can I modify outside /sw?

2003-01-11 Thread Joe Block
em bundles in /Library/StartupItems (can you say, ick?). Hand massaging rc.local, that's icky. StartupItems are actually pretty elegant, IMO. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Computers are like air conditioners, they stop working properly when you open Windows ---

Re: [Fink-devel] Who should Provide X11 ?

2003-01-06 Thread Joe Block
tem able to run package N when they do fink install N. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. - Adlai Stevenson -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQE+Gh3dyEXo8W2M9hsRAtoaAJ95n

[Fink-devel] Re: Dec 2002 Dev Tools not installed ...

2003-01-03 Thread Joe Block
pt that checks the md5sum of /Library/Receipts/Dec2002DevToolsExtras.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom to make sure they've actually installed the tools. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defens

[Fink-devel] ANN: confighost

2002-12-17 Thread Joe Block
nyone who wants to bang on it can get the file from http://osx.apesseekingknowledge.net/fink/confighost-0.9.9-2.info Feedback welcome. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished buildin

Re: [Fink-devel] Possible Donations Setup.

2002-11-27 Thread Joe Block
ome money out of a fund might be a very good idea. The main reason for having such an account still holds, namely, that I do not have to turn people away who WANT to donate. I am not going to actively ask for it. jpb - -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A friend is someone you can call t

Re: [Fink-devel] A strange question...

2002-06-13 Thread Joe Block
ll the requirements of all the StartupItems (in both /System/Library/StartupItems and /Library/StartupItems) and then traverses the graph and starts all the items. Much nicer than having to figure out the order yourself. jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I can remember when a good politician