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Hi,

On 09.04.12 20:59, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> Hi,
> =

> * Andreas Bie=DFmann <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 f=
ar 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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