Re: fink

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David Champion wrote:
> * On 2004.11.04, in <418A627A.7040702@xxx.xx>,
> *	"Jarkko Hietaniemi" <jhi@xxx.xx> wrote:
> 
>>                                    It's like CPAN.pm, it just works.
> 
> 
> Ha. Ha haha. Haaaaaa hahahahahahahahaa. Heh. Oh, there's a killer.

Hey, I had to amuse the crowd somehow...

All things are relative.  Once you've configured CPAN.pm,
you can install A, and it will install the pure Perl dependencies
B, C, and D just fine, from remote repositories.  When e.g. something
depends on externalities like libraries, or the module doesn't pass its
tests because of unportabilities, CPAN.pm can't perform miracles.

Contrast that with RPM hell (or, Fink hell), and you'll understand
how I dare claim that CPAN.pm "just works".

> Ports does work, though.
> 


-- 
Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@xxx.xx> http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ "There is this special
biologist word we use for 'stable'.  It is 'dead'." -- Jack Cohen

• David Champion 17:37 on 04 Nov 2004
  • Jarkko Hietaniemi 17:44 on 04 Nov 2004
    • Paul Orrock 17:49 on 04 Nov 2004
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• peter (Peter da Silva) 17:58 on 04 Nov 2004
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• Anton Berezin 18:37 on 04 Nov 2004
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