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

[Bill Northcott]

Marcus 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.)

Fiddling with the PATH is OK if you just want to use Fink libraries, but 
if you want to run Fink apps then /sw has to be up front on PATH.  Unless 
they have changed it recently.

> 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.

I'll second that.

Bill Northcott