On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Garrett Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:

> What kind of problems have you guys experienced with Fink?
>

For me it was just a bunch of packages that I tried to install that weren't
packaged right, or something, because they wouldn't compile.  Something
would break when I tried to install a package, and I would spend hours
looking on Google to figure out what the problem was, sometimes
successfully, sometimes not.  I haven't had so many problems with Macports.
Maybe that's just because of the specific packages I was trying with each
one, because I have had at least one problem with Macports (I couldn't get
gnuplot to install right).   It was also a couple of years ago that I used
fink, and it's been a few months since I actually installed something with
Macports, so I guess it's more of just "I seem to remember having more
problems with fink than I did with Macports."  Take that for what it's worth
=).  It could definitely also be that I was very inexperienced with anything
unix-y when I was using fink, and have had an easier time with Macports
because I know more of what I'm doing now.
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