On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:11:28PM -0800, Christopher Frederick wrote: > Good day everyone, > > This may be a case of RTFM, but I was interested in potentially > working on an OS X port of Duplicity (http://www.nongnu.org/ > duplicity) and was unable to find specific instructions on how to go > about doing this. In particular, what are the differences > between .deb packages for Debian and those for OS X? Should a > document already be online for this (perhaps on Debian's site, and > not Fink's?), could anyone kindly point me in that direction? > > Thank you in advance for any assistance,
Fink is not Debian, Debian is not Fink. Fink is a fully independent entity that just happens to use some Debian tools under-the-hood at this time...they really don't care about us at all:) Technically, the .deb file format is the same (though .deb are not portable between 'debian linux' and 'os x' platforms because the CPU architecture and kernel libs are different) and we use dpkg and apt for handling compiled binary packages. However, as far as package construction, fink does not use Debian's tools or "source packages" at all...we have a custom-written build system. The "Docunmentation" section of the Fink website: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc contains a comprehensive specification of the package description file format (which is closer to an RPM .spec file than anythin from Debian) and a tutorial on writing a basic fink package. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
