thanks all for the feedback. i wish i had emailed before i updated fink today!
i remember now why usr/local exists...it's that annoying cisco vpn client my work made me install. also, and this is potentially problematic, macfuse recently put some files there. could i please get a little help on the points martin raised? (1) macfuse put these in usr/lib: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19 Oct 10 22:28 libfuse.0.dylib@ -> libfuse.0.0.0.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19 Oct 10 22:28 libfuse.dylib@ -> libfuse.0.0.0.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 Oct 10 22:28 libulockmgr.0.dylib@ -> libulockmgr.0.0.0.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 Oct 10 22:28 libulockmgr.dylib@ -> libulockmgr.0.0.0.dylib drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 Oct 10 22:28 pkgconfig/ apart from the first 2, does anyone else have these? if not, it is likely they should be in usr/local/lib (2) referring to the usr/lib <-> sw/lib problem, the only change made to /usr/lib during fink update was: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27 Oct 14 16:52 libcc_dynamic.a@ - > gcc/darwin/default/libgcc.a does this seem right? many grateful thanks for any insight! matt. > > They have been known to do it anyway, sometimes. Dropping install > logs or license files there, for example. > > Making /usr/local/lib a symlink to /usr/lib can be dangerous, in > two respects: First, if some package now installs random stuff > into /usr/local/lib, it will end up in /usr/lib and can damage your > system. > > And second, the linker looks in /usr/local/lib very early, long > before the system libs in /usr/lib. While building Fink packages, > you can then find the link order between /sw/lib and /usr/lib > inverted, with unwanted effects. > > Just remove /usr/local/lib, if you don't have anything inside. > > -- > Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
