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Admin at 16:22, 28 May 2011

2011-05-28T16:22:14Z

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	Don't use MacPorts. Use [[Fink]].		Don't use MacPorts. Use [[Fink]].

	MacPorts insists on ~~installing ''every single dependency'' by hand~~, ~~from source, completely ignoring any version~~ that ~~is on your system~~ or ~~on your <code>$PATH</code>~~. ~~Usually these versions are more up-to-date~~, ~~safer~~, and ~~customized~~ to ~~work~~ the ~~way you want~~. ~~But MacPorts doesn~~'t ~~care about~~ that.		MacPorts insists on insta
			Among its many problems, MacPorts has many dependencies that will require certain versions of XCode that are no longer available for download or which require you to upgrade from OS X 10.5 to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Sorry, MacPorts, but it's not worth the money and hassle to upgrade my operating system (or, in some cases, ''buy a new computer'') just so I can install some trivial library like zlib. I'll download the source and build it myself, thanks very much. Oh, wait, you won't be able to use the version that I download and build myself.

	MacPorts also has many dependencies that will require certain versions of XCode that are no longer available for download or which require you to upgrade from OS X 10.5 to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Sorry, MacPorts, but it's not worth the money and hassle to upgrade my operating system (or, in some cases, ''buy a new computer'') just so I can install zlib. I'll download the source and build it myself, thanks very much. ''OH WAIT'', you won't be able to use the version that I download and build myself.		DUMP.

Admin at 02:22, 6 April 2011

2011-04-06T02:22:24Z

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	MacPorts insists on installing ''every single dependency'' by hand, from source, completely ignoring any version that is on your system or on your <code>$PATH</code>. Usually these versions are more up-to-date, safer, and customized to work the way you want. But MacPorts doesn't care about that.		MacPorts insists on installing ''every single dependency'' by hand, from source, completely ignoring any version that is on your system or on your <code>$PATH</code>. Usually these versions are more up-to-date, safer, and customized to work the way you want. But MacPorts doesn't care about that.

	MacPorts also has many dependencies that will require certain versions of XCode that are no longer available for download or which require you to upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6. Sorry, MacPorts, but it's not worth the money and hassle to upgrade my operating system just so I can install zlib. I'll download the source and build it myself, thanks very much. ''OH WAIT'', you won't be able to use the version that I download and build myself.		MacPorts also has many dependencies that will require certain versions of XCode that are no longer available for download or which require you to upgrade from OS X 10.5 to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Sorry, MacPorts, but it's not worth the money and hassle to upgrade my operating system (or, in some cases, ''buy a new computer'') just so I can install zlib. I'll download the source and build it myself, thanks very much. ''OH WAIT'', you won't be able to use the version that I download and build myself.

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Don't use MacPorts. Use [[Fink]].

MacPorts insists on installing ''every single dependency'' by hand, from source, completely ignoring any version that is on your system or on your <code>$PATH</code>. Usually these versions are more up-to-date, safer, and customized to work the way you want. But MacPorts doesn't care about that.

MacPorts also has many dependencies that will require certain versions of XCode that are no longer available for download or which require you to upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6. Sorry, MacPorts, but it's not worth the money and hassle to upgrade my operating system just so I can install zlib. I'll download the source and build it myself, thanks very much. ''OH WAIT'', you won't be able to use the version that I download and build myself.