Marc Plum wrote: > This is kind of a strange thing which is not really a problem, but I > would like to understand it a bit better. > > I have installed and removed the Fink compiled program scid 3.5 a few > times. The reason for uninstalling is that I have been intermittently > fiddling around with trying to get the fork Scid 3.6.18 to work. This > version is not Fink supported, and I thought that it might confuse my > computer to have two versions installed at the same time. After my > latest failure to get 3.6.18 to work, I removed it and put 3.5 back on. > > When I do an install of a Fink compiled program, I have been using the > command line. I have not tried to use Fink Commander. I have > installed Scid using both “fink install” and “sudo apt-get install”. > > When I install using either fink or apt-get, the install seems to go > fine, with no error messages. I can then open the program with the > command “open-x11 scid”. I’ve put a shortcut for this on my Dock. > > The difference is that, when I do the fink install, the program will > run for a while, maybe 15 minutes to half an hour, and then will > freeze, and I won’t be able to do anything with it. > > When I’ve installed using apt-get, I don’t have this problem. I can > run the program for as long as I like without having an issue. > > The only reason I discovered this was that I ran across the “apt-get” > command first in the user guide, so it was what I tried first. On > later installs, I tried fink install just for variety. > > This has happened at least twice on my Mac Mini, and once or twice on > my MacBook. Both are Intel Macs with OS 10.4.10. > > I shouldn’t complain, since the program I want is running without > issues. I just don’t understand why there would be a difference like > this. I also installed the chess engine crafty, but otherwise there > are no Fink programs that I particularly want at this time. If I do > decide to install something else, though, I would be inclined to use > apt-get, just based on this limited experience. > > Marc Since scid is the same version in the binary and source trees right now, the issue is clearly something in the build process as it occurred on your system.
If you "fink install"ed scid in the presence of a later version, it's not inconceivable that some crosstalk with your installed version occurred during the build, especially if it was installed in /usr/local. I'll cc the maintainer, as he is the person nominally responsible for making sure the package works properly. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liaison/Documenter akh AT finkproject DOT org
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