Re: [ptxdist] Using PTXdist on Mac OS

["Andreas Bießmann" <andreas@biessmann.de>]

Hi,

On 09.04.12 20:59, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> * Andreas Bießmann <andreas@biessmann.de> [2012-04-09 20:01]:
>>
>> a) Fink is _not_ Debian based but uses the great Debian package format
>> (*.deb ;)
> 
> Well, depends on what you call 'Debian-based'. I didn't say that the
> packages are from Debian (the MacPorts packages are also not from
> Free/Open/NetBSD).
> 
> finkproject.org says "Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to
> provide powerful binary package management. " So is the wording
> 
> Is following acceptable?
> 
> ------------------------------------ 8< ------------------------------------
>   \item \textbf{Fink} (\url{http://www.finkproject.org}) uses the package
>     management tools and the package format from Debian.  Contrary to
>     MacPorts, it has both binaries and can be built from source (but as far as
>     I know, the binaries are less up-to-date compared the source packages).
> ------------------------------------ >8 ------------------------------------

sounds way better than 'Fink is based on Debian.'

best regards

Andreas

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