Re: [Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Ben Hines
On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 06:13 PM, Don Thompson wrote: Ben, I had thought about that; however, the FAQ and prior experience on my part would suggest that there will be questionable results with this approach. Earlier releases of fink have numerous hard coded paths to the install l

Re: [Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Don Thompson
Ben, I had thought about that; however, the FAQ and prior experience on my part would suggest that there will be questionable results with this approach. Earlier releases of fink have numerous hard coded paths to the install location. Ran into this problem recently when I had /sw on a second v

Re: [Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Don Thompson
Philip, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the installer will only allow one to install on a drive in which OS 10.2 has been installed. Don On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:51 PM, Philip Ershler wrote: As I recall, fink asks during installation, where you want the software installe

Re: [Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Ben Hines
On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:42 PM, Don Thompson wrote: Dear List-Members, I have recently removed my old Fink installation. I then down loaded the Fink 0.5.0a Binary Installer and attempted to install the new version. This failed apparently because I have set-up a symbolic link to

Re: [Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Philip Ershler
As I recall, fink asks during installation, where you want the software installed. Tell the installer to put fink on the second hard drive. After the installation create the symbolic link to the actual fink software. HTH Phil On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 06:42 PM, Don Thompson wrote:

[Fink-users] Fink Installation question

2003-01-15 Thread Don Thompson
Dear List-Members, I have recently removed my old Fink installation. I then down loaded the Fink 0.5.0a Binary Installer and attempted to install the new version. This failed apparently because I have set-up a symbolic link to a second hard drive. Is this feature of the installer a bug or is it