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    Jeff Allison 
    jeff.allison at allygray.2y.net
       
    Fri Nov  3 22:07:35 PST 2006
    
    
  
On 04/11/2006, at 4:55 , Philip J Robar wrote:
>
> On Nov 3, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Steven Rogers wrote:
>
>> ... I would recommend using MacPorts over Fink.
>>
>> http://www.macports.org/
>>
>> (used to be called DarwinPorts). It's another package system like  
>> Fink,
>
> I also recommend MacPorts, but want to make clear that it's not  
> just "another package system like Fink". Fink installs a GNU/SYSV  
> like UNIX environment that interposes itself over OS X's UNIX  
> environment (I, myself, would say gets in the way of.), whereas  
> MacPorts directly leverages OS X's UNIX environment.
>
> Phil
> --
I'm not sure where you get that idea from what I can see fink goes  
out of its way to avoid messing with OSX, the whole thing lives is /sw
Jeff
    
    
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