I think with fink you can only locate it by looking for "fink" in the user's $PATH (assuming s/he has it set up for fink) and falling back to the default /sw otherwise.
On 6/5/07, via RT Paul Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# New Ticket Created by Paul Cochrane # Please include the string: [perl #43134] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43134 > In config/auto/gdbm.pm there is the following TODO item: """ Need a more generalized way for finding where Fink lives. """ this needs implementation.
Is a system() call legit at that point of the config? Because I can think of no reliable, general way of looking for fink other than trying to run the fink command... -- Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
