From 74114416041af8a2146997449f44e47fefe68065 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amitai Schlair Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:57:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] please be more specific --- doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_mac_os_x/discussion.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_mac_os_x/discussion.mdwn b/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_mac_os_x/discussion.mdwn index fd81b7888..40ac87435 100644 --- a/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_mac_os_x/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_mac_os_x/discussion.mdwn @@ -1 +1,16 @@ This recommended method (sc. install Ikiwiki using pkgsrc) is not compatible with homebrew and the packages installed via homebrew, and, therefore, not always a viable solution to installing Ikiwiki on Mac computers. + +> In what way is it "not compatible"? Have you tried it? I can't +> think of any technical reason why having a working Homebrew +> installation would prevent one from also having a working pkgsrc +> installation, or vice versa. (MacPorts and Fink can certainly coexist +> with each other and with other package managers on the same system.) +> +> We used to direct OS X ikiwiki users to MacPorts, but the version +> there is almost three years old. pkgsrc's ikiwiki stays up to date +> because I keep it that way. If someone packages ikiwiki for Homebrew +> and reliably keeps the package updated, then we could discuss +> whether pointing folks at Homebrew is better advice than what's +> currently being given here. In the meantime, if you've tried and +> failed to install ikiwiki from pkgsrc on OS X, please report your +> problem in detail so it can be addressed in some way. --[[schmonz]]