From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for Mac OS 10.3.1 Date: 21 Nov 2003 13:34:13 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1N2vb.57354$Dw6.319479@attbi_s02> <3FBE66B3.9050106@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069443906 22584 80.91.224.253 (21 Nov 2003 19:45:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:45:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 21 20:45:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ANHDE-0001lV-00 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:45:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ANIAB-00017j-Ne for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:45:59 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 9b6c76f6.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1069443276 gemini.bitstream.net 1097 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118551 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14493 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14493 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Stephen H. Westin wrote: > > > Hugh Wolf writes: > > > >>All in all, why would you _not_ want to use fink? > > > > Because it puts everything in a strange place where it isn't found > > by most normal open-source software builds. > > Can you make it do what you want, by e.g. linking /sw to /usr/local? fink handles that in its original installation. I've had no trouble with conflicts or problems between stuff installed via fink and via other methods.