Re: Subversion's OS X dependencies -- will they interfere?

Hi Gary

On 22.03.2004, at 22:16, Gary Robinson wrote:
> I haven't noticed a binary for subversion 1.0.1 for OS X, so I'm
> planning to
> use fink to install it. (On our OS X 10.3 Server machine.)

The fink svn binary packages are not yet released, the 1.0.0 will be
available shortly, though. It should be on the fink servers within a
few days.

The 1.0.1 version is in the unstable tree and you will need to build it
with 'fink install svn-ssl' or 'fink install svn-client-ssl'.

> Last time I played with installing svn using fink I noticed a
> dependency on
> fink's python.

It is only a dependency during build time. You will not need it if you
wait for the binary installation with 'apt-get install svn-ssl'.

> But I've also heard it's bad to have more than one python at a time
> under OS
> X because they won't play well together.

It should be no problem with Fink. Fink is built in a way so that its
packages should not interfere with the rest of the system. If you
experience any problems please write to the fink-users mailing list:

mailto:fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net

> So, if I install subversion using fink and get fink's Python as part
> of that
> process, will that cause me any problems, since I also have (and use)
> Apple's Python? Or are they somehow completely independent from one
> another?

Yes, they are. Except that the default python command will use the fink
installed python then.

> Thanks in advance for any insight...

No problem. I think it makes more sense to ask these type of questions
on the fink-users mailing list next time.

It would also be nice if you send me some feedback on how the
installation of the svn package went.

Thanks, Chris.

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Received on Tue Mar 23 15:27:34 2004