On 12/12/12 9:19 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 12/12/12 6:45 PM, David Lowe wrote: >> On 2012 Dec 12, at 7:32 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >>> I _thought_ that I had the current fink set up to complain if the >>> FetchAltDir doesn't have appropriate permissions. >> >> Actually once i fed the expanded directory to 'fink configure' it not >> only complained, but directed me to make the appropriate chmod. Nice! How >> hard would it be to parse that directory and also complain if it's not >> useable? >> >> sent from Lion >> >> Striker: Surely you can't be serious. >> Rumack: I am serious...and don't call me Shirley. > > > Good, it's working for other people, too. :-) So there were two > separate issues. > > Checking at configure time for both validity and permissions shouldn't > be hard. >
And actually it was supposed to be doing that all along. :-) But somebody (me) changed the API of the function that does the testing but didn't propagate that over to the perlmod that "fink configure" invokes. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
