On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Ingo Thies wrote: > On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> Fink builds and installs gnuplot in the usual way. The easiest >> think to do is to create the new gnuplot-dev.info and gnuplot- >> dev.patch files and then just "fink update gnuplot". > > Hmm, what are the .info and .patch files used for? Do I need them if > just download the source from the Gnuplot CVS server (without any > additional patch file)? > >> I don't see any GD specific info, and am not knowledgeable with how >> it works to tell you how Fink provides this info when building >> gnuplot. > > I am just wondering what the option -with-gd=DIR is used for if it > doesn't actually work. Did it ever work for someone? > > Best wishes, > > Ingo
Fink is a package manager. Meaning is "manages" the downloading of sources and then builds and installs applications. The instructions for where to obtain the sources and how to build and install are in the info-files. The patch-files are needed to make changes (patches) to the sources to allow them to run on Mac OSX and./ or to be built/installed by Fink. What I've done for gnuplot is to create local info and patch files to enable gnuplot's deverlopers sources to be built and installed in the same way Fink handles other packages. For the questions regarding building gnuplot recommend you try gnuplot's mail list. Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
