Re: fink

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From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
Subject: Re: fink
Date: 18:11 on 04 Nov 2004
Juerd wrote:
> Jarkko Hietaniemi skribis 2004-11-04 19:55 (+0200):
> 
>>Does apt do source code package management?  I don't think I will
>>ever again want binary package management.
> 
> 
> The packages are always binary thingies, but you can easily download the
> source for a package and then make a new package out of it and then
> install that. If you don't want to change/patch anything in between,
> it's a matter of:
> 
>     apt-get -b source $source_package
> 
>     # untested, because I loves binary packages
> 
> But if you really want to *enjoy* Debian, let your fear for binary
> packages be history and try again. If everything goes as expected,
> binary package management isn't bad at all.

Then someone needs to do a clean re-port of apt to Mac OS X :-)
Fink left me with a nasty aftertaste.

> Juerd


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