[Fink-devel] Faster installation of fink systems - a proposal
Dear Fink Developers, I think it is far too tedious to manually select all packages everytime fink. Also, I prefer installings this in one go, rather than continously finding a package that I may need (which could happen at a bad occasions, e.g. when Internet it is not availabe, while at a conference, in a train...). Therefore a suggestion: Why not add a virtual package called stable- all or just stable-base or similar that installs ALL fink packages. I suggest having several virtual packages in fact: - stable-minimal - stable-medium-with-x11 - stable-medium-without-x11 - stable-medium-gnome - stable-medium-kde - stable-maximal etc. I myself would do a nightly fink install stable-maximal once and for all. Best Wishes, Johan Glimming --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412alloc_id=16344op=click ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
Re: [Fink-devel] Faster installation of fink systems - a proposal
Umm...my reading of the above makes me think this is more troublesome than helpful. Hi Again, Contrary to open source culture I cannot do this myself. But, I disagree that this is a bad idea. :-) The very idea of having this sort of bundle packages is * like a Linux distribution, Fink could not come with single packages, but also with tested combinations useful for many systems. The idea is PRECISELY to avoid dependency problems, and make a selection of useful packages based on best practice. Installing a stable bundle will give no compilation errors or dependency problems, in the best of all worlds. * like a Linux distribution, most users have no time to select and learn exactly what are the dependencies of certain packages etc. For us, it is much easier to just install a pre-selected bunch of packages known to work. For such bundles, there could be maintainers: preferrably system groups at some univerrsity etc could absorb such a responsibility. For this I suggest to open a Fink Foundation which awards such system administrators with a some funds to replace portion of their salary. Maybe Apple will donate? :-) This could become a network of university system admins or such like. Best Wishes, Johan Glimming --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412alloc_id=16344op=click ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
Re: [Fink-devel] cyrus21-imapd
Check the config.log file under the build directory for cyrus21- imapd ( /sw/src/cyrus21... ) Hi Alex and others, The contents of the config.log file is: configure: failed program was: #line 2800 configure #include confdefs.h #include db.h Unfortunately, this makes me no wiser, but perhaps you deduce what is going on? Btw, are there .dmg or .deb files for installing cyrus imapd quickly? Best Wsihes, Johan Glimming --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
Re: [Fink-devel] cyrus21-imapd
Check the config.log file under the build directory for cyrus21- imapd ( /sw/src/cyrus21... ) I probably should have been a little bit more generous with the copied text: configure:2795: checking for db.h configure:2805: gcc3 -E -no-cpp-precomp -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ include conftest.c /dev/null 2conftest.out cpp0: warning: changing search order for system directory /usr/local/ include cpp0: warning: as it has already been specified as a non-system directory configure: failed program was: #line 2800 configure #include confdefs.h #include db.h Best Wishes, Johan Glimming --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
[Fink-devel] cyrus21-imapd
Hello I am having problems building cyrus21 with fink. I get the following error message: checking for db.h... no configure: error: this version requires Berkeley DB 3.x or later. (Get it from http://www.sleepycat.com/). You may need to suppply the --with-bdb-libdir or --with-bdb-incdir configure options. ### execution of ./configure failed, exit code 1 Removing build lock... dpkg -r fink-buildlock-cyrus21-2.1.13-11 (Reading database ... 146495 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fink-buildlock-cyrus21-2.1.13-11 ... Failed: phase compiling: cyrus21-2.1.13-11 failed This seems a bit strange since db4 is installed, etc. The configure parameters are (cut and paste): ./configure --prefix=/sw --with-bdb-incdir=/sw/include/db4 ... I have no idea what is wrong... Best Wishes, Johan Glimming --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
