Re: Mac OS X package
Most of the subscribers to debian-powerpc are Mac users, so maybe you should
ask there.
I'm not so happy with what I've experienced with OS X installers so far,
although maybe it's because the writer of the installer scripts didn't make the
effort to make them flexible.
For example, the installer for the OS X developer documentation only gives you
the option to install everything, rather than allowing you to select doc for
the different APIs (java, cocoa, carbon, device drivers - the whole thing is
installed), and it can only be installed on the root filesystem.
This was a problem for me because the documentation is 500 megabytes, and I
don't have that much room on my startup disk (it's a 6 year old 8500 that I
installed OS X on with XPostFacto). I have lots of room on my linux netatalk
server, but the installer doesn't give the option of installing to a server volume.
One can do scary things with the "pax" command to install to alternative
locations, but I haven't tried that yet.
I suspect there are other problems as well.
On the other hand, my Mac checks for updates each time it starts up, and there
is a nice UI for obtaining them. It would be nice if there were a way that
this version checker could be told to check for updates from alternate sources.
Maybe there is, I don't know.
One of the goals of the GNU Darwin project is a better package system for OS X.
They also provide OS X binaries for a great many Free Software programs. You
can download a 650 MB installer .iso image, or you can buy a CD from a vendor:
http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/
Mike
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