Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw?

2003-01-09 Thread Hisashi T Fujinaka
Beat me to it, did you? :) On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Benjamin Reed wrote: > On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 08:19 PM, Kow K wrote: > > > A humble opinion from a list observer -- Really need to remove the > > FAQ? Just some modification isn't enough? I guess the whole problem is > > that the explanatio

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about /usr/loca

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Hallett
wow fink is a *nix dist now...cool [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >being a standard directory in any distribution of *nix I've ever -=[JFH] Justin F. Hallett -=[JFH] Rendek Communications Inc. -=[JFH] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.NET email i

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw?

2003-01-09 Thread Benjamin Reed
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 08:19 PM, Kow K wrote: A humble opinion from a list observer -- Really need to remove the FAQ? Just some modification isn't enough? I guess the whole problem is that the explanation given made readers that the issue is *still open*, but actually it's not. Virtu

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw?

2003-01-09 Thread Kow K
A humble opinion from a list observer -- Really need to remove the FAQ? Just some modification isn't enough? I guess the whole problem is that the explanation given made readers that the issue is *still open*, but actually it's not. Virtually, it's semi-closed. So, I guess it will suffice to ad

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about /usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Jason Deraleau
My vote is for /opt/fink. Just to clarify this, there is nothing to vote on here. There are no serious reasons to abandon /sw, but many good reasons not to do it - one of them being backward compatibility, we don't want to force 99% of fink users to redo their complete fink installation. I r

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- Howabout /usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Max Horn
At 16:36 Uhr -0800 09.01.2003, Walt Bunch wrote: If the Fink community is not interested in abandoning /sw for the sake of standards compliance (or any other reason) Err... I could say some things about this "standard", but I'll refrain from doing that, it's offtopic. then perhaps the statem

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- Howabout /usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Walt Bunch
If the Fink community is not interested in abandoning /sw for the sake of standards compliance (or any other reason) then perhaps the statement regarding the choice of /sw "If you have a better suggestion, post it to the fink-devel mailing list" should be removed from the FAQ. At 01:11 AM 1/10/

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- Howabout /usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Max Horn
At 18:56 Uhr -0500 09.01.2003, Jason Deraleau wrote: [...] My vote is for /opt/fink. Just to clarify this, there is nothing to vote on here. There are no serious reasons to abandon /sw, but many good reasons not to do it - one of them being backward compatibility, we don't want to force 99%

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about /usr/loca

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Hallett
excellent for the first time in those 2 years someone that did there hoework. this is my 2 cents. first as for /usr/local and /opt install it there, fink allows that. but after you install into say ./usr/local, do a fink install sdl then install OSXMplayercrap that just broke fink and you do

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about /usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Jason Deraleau
> A: That choice is quite arbitrary. If you have a better suggestion, post it > to the fink-devel mailing list. But you should be aware of the arguments > about /usr/local in the previous question. > > *** How about /usr/local/fink? > > Walt OK, here's my problem with /usr/local/fink: If you read

Re: [Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about /usr/local/f

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Hallett
I have a better question since I've been reading this question for over 2 years now... Wlat, Why /usr/local/fink and not /sw? [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From the FAQ: > >Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? > >A: That choice is quite arbitrary. If you have a better suggestion, post >it >to the fi

[Fink-devel] FAW Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? -- How about/usr/local/fink?

2003-01-09 Thread Walt Bunch
From the FAQ: Q1.5: Then why did you choose /sw? A: That choice is quite arbitrary. If you have a better suggestion, post it to the fink-devel mailing list. But you should be aware of the arguments about /usr/local in the previous question. *** How about /usr/local/fink? Walt -

Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!

2003-01-09 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Thursday, Jan 9, 2003, at 03:46 US/Eastern, David wrote: Hello all. After waiting for quite some time, I have received several mails. This is the first, not yet cleaned list of packages I will try to move to stable. Either by urging the maintainers to do it, or after waiting an appropriate

[Fink-devel] quartz-wm and .xinitrc

2003-01-09 Thread Damian Steer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Perhaps I've been doing something wrong, but environment variables (specifically the problem has been PATH) set in .xinitrc don't seem to get inherited by apps started by the Application menu in quartz-wm. Am I alone here? I assume that they're n

Re: [Fink-devel] Package status of openh323 and pwlib...

2003-01-09 Thread Patrick Näf
For your information: Today I received an email from the package maintainer Stefano Rodriguez regarding the pwlib package, and he told me that he stopped being a fink maintainer a long time ago. So he's definitely not the right person to ask. I searched the mail archives and found an entry by

Re: [Fink-devel] system-xfree86-4.2-1

2003-01-09 Thread David R. Morrison
If you are using X11.app, you need to carefully follow the instructions at http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php#apple-binary -- Dave On Jan 9,2003 12:29:47 -0500, Ahron Darnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >cant seem to install >-- >Package manager version: 0.11.1 >Distrib

Re: [Fink-devel] system-xfree86-4.2-1

2003-01-09 Thread Alexander Hansen
What's the actual error that you're experiencing--what you've sent isn't useful. -- 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 On Thu, 9 Jan 2

Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!

2003-01-09 Thread Xavier HUMBERT
David : > This is the first, not yet cleaned list of packages I will try to move to > stable. For the one I'm maintaining for now : - net/hlfl-0.60.0-1 can be moved to stable, in fact this is actually a release. I plan to track the author's cvs to submit a most current version in unstable. Since

[Fink-devel] system-xfree86-4.2-1

2003-01-09 Thread Ahron Darnell
cant seem to install -- Package manager version: 0.11.1 Distribution version: 0.5.0a Mac OS X version: 10.2.3 July 2002 Developer Tools gcc version: 3.1 make version: 3.79 Feedback Courtesy of FinkCommander --- This SF.NET email is sponsored b

[Fink-devel] redux on getting "delete" key to work in Apple X11

2003-01-09 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
OK, here's what you need... I've been using it since yesterday, and everything feels right. my ~/.Xmodmap: keycode 59 = Delete my ~/.Xresources: xterm*.deleteIsDEL: true xterm*.backarrowKey: false xterm*.ttyModes: erase ^? my ~/.xinitrc: xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources xmodmap $

[Fink-devel] Re: CVS: dists/10.2/stable/main/finkinfo/base [...]

2003-01-09 Thread Ben Hines
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 06:46 AM, Max Horn wrote: At 6:38 Uhr -0800 09.01.2003, Ben Hines wrote: I think we didn't have those source-MD5s on the base packages becaue they broke the bootstrap. (no md5sum command yet) Hm, they did? I thought we only left them out in the fink/ CVS modu

[Fink-devel] Re: CVS: dists/10.2/stable/main/finkinfo/base [...]

2003-01-09 Thread Max Horn
At 6:38 Uhr -0800 09.01.2003, Ben Hines wrote: I think we didn't have those source-MD5s on the base packages becaue they broke the bootstrap. (no md5sum command yet) Hm, they did? I thought we only left them out in the fink/ CVS module for this reason? But I am not sure anymore, it's been a lon

Re: [Fink-devel] DrScheme appropriate as fink package?

2003-01-09 Thread Max Horn
At 14:32 Uhr -0500 08.01.2003, John Clements wrote: On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 02:18 PM, Max Horn wrote: Interesting; DrScheme falls somewhere in between these two poles, in the following sense: DrScheme began and continues as an X11 package. It depends on being able to locate a

[Fink-devel] Stable and unstable: packages out of sync

2003-01-09 Thread Max Horn
There are some packages that are out of sync between stable and unstable, that is, they have the same revision but different dependencies etc.: libnessus-1.2.6-1.info libnessus-ssl-1.2.6-1.info libnasl-1.2.6-1.info afni-2.51e-2.info r-base-1.6.1-2.info If you are maintainer of these packages, p

Re: What to do if you wish your package in stable and have no CVS access --> was(Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!)

2003-01-09 Thread David R. Morrison
On Jan 9,2003 15:01:16 +0100, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: RIPEMD160 > >> >> I've no problem in moving gnuplot-py to stable, but, as pointed out by >> David Morrison, I've not CVS access commit. So you should do it for > me. > >Alright, here is how

What to do if you wish your package in stable and have no CVS access --> was(Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!)

2003-01-09 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 I've no problem in moving gnuplot-py to stable, but, as pointed out by David Morrison, I've not CVS access commit. So you should do it for > me. Alright, here is how I shall handle this. If YOU want your package to be in stable, have o concern

Re: [Fink-devel] Package status of openh323 and pwlib...

2003-01-09 Thread Giulio Harding
Thanks for the pointer - didn't read the FAQ properly the first time... apologies for the redundant question! Cheers, Giulio Harding On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 01:23 PM, David R. Morrison wrote: Giulio Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not sure if I've got the right mailing-list, or

Re: [Fink-devel] Package status of openh323 and pwlib...

2003-01-09 Thread David R. Morrison
Giulio Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure if I've got the right mailing-list, or if this issue is > already known about, but here goes :) > > I've just tried to install the openh323 & pwlib packages, and both > failed, as the files required don't exist on the website > (http://www.o

Re: [Fink-devel] my first post to the x11 mailing list, and updatefor Fink FAQ

2003-01-09 Thread Michel Alexandre Salim
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 23:18, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > Where's the one that launches only quartz-wm and a single xterm? Hidden inside the app bundle perhaps? But since having your personal ~/.xinitrc overrides it, there is not much problem I suppose.. Sorry can't be more helpful, still waiting

Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!

2003-01-09 Thread David R. Morrison
Thanks for all of your efforts in generating feedback, and your long list of packages which you believe are suitable to move to the stable tree. However, you may *not* move my gmp-4.1.1-1 package to the stable tree. Although it compiles OK, it has problems when running and is definitely not suitab

[Fink-devel] Package status of openh323 and pwlib...

2003-01-09 Thread Giulio Harding
Not sure if I've got the right mailing-list, or if this issue is already known about, but here goes :) I've just tried to install the openh323 & pwlib packages, and both failed, as the files required don't exist on the website (http://www.openh323.org/bin) they're being retrieved from - the sou

Re: [Fink-devel] Package status of openh323 and pwlib...

2003-01-09 Thread Christian Schaffner
Did you read the FAQ: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#not-found ? --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___

Re: [Fink-devel] compile problems with Apple's X11 installed.

2003-01-09 Thread Pejvan BEIGUI
Justin Hallett wrote: add -lX11 to the link line How do I add this when running a "fink update-all" please ? thanks, Pejvan --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://

Re: [Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!

2003-01-09 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Donnerstag, Jänner 9, 2003, at 10:46 Uhr, Christian Schaffner wrote: Hi David On Donnerstag, Januar 9, 2003, at 09:46 Uhr, David wrote: mysql 3.23.54a-1Christian Schaffner mysql-dev 3.23.54a-1

[Fink-devel] Trying to move the following packages to stable... maintainers.. heads up!

2003-01-09 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello all. After waiting for quite some time, I have received several mails. This is the first, not yet cleaned list of packages I will try to move to stable. Either by urging the maintainers to do it, or after waiting an appropriate amount of