Carbon Copy Cloner uses something called psync, which is like rsync except it respects resource forks. Hopefully nothing
in /sw needs this, so rsync should be able to work fine. But it can't hurt to use psync.
For what it is worth I routinely copy the whole /sw directory onto other machines.
All you should have to do is install X11 (apple or whatever), install developer tools, and then copy over /sw.
In fact I am so lazy that I only update one fink installation and then I have a weekly psync cron job copy my /sw directory to other computers rather than update each individual separately. I also take a copy of /sw home to update my home computer which talks to the world only through a sluggish modem. I also stick this on my G3 ibook, and even though I have loads of science stuff compiled on a dual processor G4, everything works absolutely fine (albeit slowly) on the G3 except the 32-bit version of rasmol, but now we have the 8-bit version and that works fine.
I put a web page here on various backup options. I hope it might be of use:
http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/%7Ewgscott/xtal/backup_X_and_fink.html
Having said that, your boss should buy you a G5 with a 23" screen.
William G. Scott
Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA Sinsheimer Laboratories University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California 95064 USA
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