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Authored by: nyarlathotep on Jan 09, '04 01:12:04PM

Any given install tree needs a package management system. The /usr tree should bee managed by Apple's managment system, the /sw tree should be managed by dpkg, and /usr/local usually needs to be managed by hand.. a big pain in the arse.

Besides nobody has trouble using fink if you configure it properly, like by actuallly running its initscripts and being careful about use of enviroment variables.

I find that I'm better off with almost all fink stuff, though I have a /sw/local/bin directory which is the very first thing in my path and occasinally I need to place a symlink there wheen some program in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin needs to run before a program in /sw/bin.. a very rare occurance indeed.



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