Re: [Swarm-Support] Inquiries on Mac OS X 10.3, Fink, Swarm

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Norberto Eiji Nawa wrote:

> However, I use Fink in a regular basis to install/upgrade
> apps, and would like to keep it (though that's not recommended
> according to the readme
In principle, Fink should be harmless.  It is completely in a separate 
tree (/sw), and provided you take care to use the right PATH settings 
when using one or the other you should be ok.   (Recently, for the first 
time ever, I was able to get the latest Fink and Fink Commander and 
build everything up to and including KDE from source with no hiccups.  
In the past, Fink never seemed to work.)

It's always easier said than done to keep similar sets of tools distinct 
when doing builds of packages like Swarm (i.e. packages that use a lot 
of tools and sometimes purposely or inadvertently have assumptions about 
the particular versions of those tools).  When in doubt, first follow 
the directions.  Once you know where seemingly reasonable expectations 
break down, then ask questions once the problem is bounded.