On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 03:32 PM, Ben Hines wrote:
> Why do you think it would trash your XDarwin installation? If you have > a manual install of XDarwin (not thorough fink) just install > system-xfree86. If it doesn't give you that option, it is a bug, let > us know where that happens. After upgrading to the 10.2 experimental package, adding the unstable trees to my fink configuration, and doing `find selfupgrade' the script asked me to choose between two versions of xfree86-rootless. I may be mistaken, but I don't think the system-xfree86 placeholder was one of the options. I assumed that if I made either choice, fink would attempt to add a package that might overrwrite a working XDarwin installation. If system-xfree86 had been one of the options, I would have chosen it. > So you really aren't willing to help us test the upgrade? Yes, I'm willing to help test the upgrade. But I come from a Solaris/Unix world where the process of testing new packages and upgrades is out-in-the-open: you import a package, unpack it, compile it, and use it. While I much admire the work that has gone into the fink scheme, and recognize how convenient it will ultimately be for users, it is quite frustrating as a beta-tester to get cryptic and sometimes confusing messages from fink without understanding what is going on behind the scripts. I write this not as an accusation, but as an explanation of why I (and I suspect other newcomers from the Unix world) are sometimes confused by fink. Ronald ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
