Python has actually been mentioned before. The reason there isn't a "system-python" package, as I understand it, is that the builtin python doesn't have any libraries, so you can't build packages against it.
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 09:58, Alexandre Enkerli wrote: > It'd be nice to have an easy way to build minimal "placeholders" to > resolve dependencies. > > > Given the proliferation of software distributions on OSX these days, we > often have different pieces installed from different origins. MySQL is > a good example (official, Entropy.ch, Fink, Aaron Faby...). > When these pieces are involved in Fink dependencies, it can get ugly. > There are placeholders for a few of these (X, TeX, GS, and Fortran) but > it'd be nice to have a simple way to make them ourselves. Or, even > better, have a configure script check for some of the standard ones. > > Now, I haven't looked into the specifics of what building a placeholder > (� la system-tetex) involves, but my request would be for a simple item > in the Fink database saying "I have such-and-such version installed > already" maybe with the install directory. In fact, this could be both > for resolving dependencies within Fink and to help keep track of > installed programs in general. > Fancier placeholders (checking that everything works) could be built > from that minimal information. > > Case in point, Python. Python 2.2 is directly in /usr, at least in > 10.2.x. Some packages require Fink's "python22" which may or may not > be significantly different from the installed python. Do we need to > install python22 or force installation without dependencies? A quick > check would be better. > > Sorry for the length of this post. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte > are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE > Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
