Virex 7.2 Hazardous to Fink's Health 36
Gorgonzola writes "It was reported that Virex 7.2 and Fink were conflicting, it turned out that Virex 7.2 was overwriting libraries in Fink's default directory, thus hosing Fink for those who had it installed, and preventing Fink from installing for future users. Also, one user pointed out that of Virux's included packages, several (CURL, OpenSSL, and DLCompat) had license terms that Virex was ignoring." It is strongly recommended you don't install Virex 7.2 until this issue is resolved.
Virex? (Score:3, Funny)
VirEx (Score:2, Informative)
Classic Slashdot... (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe the author should be even more vague...
"If you install a software product when another software product is also installed, libraries will be overwritten. Other software will be affected."
Then the slashdot editor can append:
You probaly shouldn't install a software product.
Re:Classic Slashdot... (Score:1, Flamebait)
Re:Classic Slashdot... (Score:4, Funny)
You forgot:
Those without software product (insanely long version number) are laughing pretty hard about (previously mentioned obscure technical issue), but I'm sure it's just a matter of time (link to NYT) before (other product) takes over the (misspelled, over-used catchphrase)! Update: There's a fix (link to server on fire) out, involving some knowledge of (obscure acronym one other person knows - they punch wildly into the air and scream). It's a 40(new method of measuring disk space necessary here) download - better fire up the T1!
Commercialism gone bad. (Score:1)
This sounds less like the makers of virex are supporting open source by using the software in their systems, than it is they're working against it by ensuring that nothing else can use it.
Which would be more popular for OS X users? I think most people will end up with virex on their systems by the sound of it, and make fink look silly when it fails
no fink, no open source on OS X.
Have virex done this on purpose?
Re:Commercialism gone bad. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Commercialism gone bad. (Score:2)
You are making presumptions, and if you didn't know, a presumption is a little story you tell yourself to attemp in holding up your own biases. That's lying, but lying to yourself worst of all.
Pity
Re:Commercialism gone bad. (Score:3, Interesting)
Fink is 'the' package management system on the Mac and the only one I use. I think my reaction is very typical: "Goodbye Virex."
I really doubt this is some anti OSS plot. Sounds to me like the PHB asked the programmer if the new version of Virex was ready, the programmer said something like "Yes, as soon as I move some libraries into the bundle and put some acknowledgements in the 'Read Me' file."
The PHB said "We'll do that stuff for the next release."
Um, no. (Score:2)
Um, most of the Open Source software that I've installed has been done without fink, thank you very much, and many individuals who work quite a bit with open source have a strong distaste for it.
Viruses on OSX (Score:4, Informative)
Fink developers have already posted the correct way to embedding a dylib into a bundle on OS X on the McAfee forums [mcafeehelp.com]
The viruses that McAfee attempts to prevent are really from Windows-land anyway. I have yet to run across a true native MacOSX virus. And finally, McAfee wasn't giving any credit to the Fink project. They should know better. No suprise then that Virex got bought out by a company called Network Ass.
Re:Viruses on OSX (Score:5, Interesting)
I scratched my head for a minute, did some checking on Symantic & McAfee's sites and realized that the Mac platform (OS X & 9 both included) hasn't seen a virus since 1997 -- the last of those autostart beasties (which still occasionally pop up on service bureau Zips).
The relative lack of critters, and just basic common sense keep virii off my Macs.
My Wintel boxes, however, have to live with the 20% system overhead bloat that is Norton Antivirus, coupled with Spybot S&D running at launch.
Re:Viruses on OSX (Score:1)
http://www.grisoft.com/
Re:Viruses on OSX (Score:1)
Re:Viruses on OSX??? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Viruses on OSX??? (Score:4, Funny)
Well, sure. Norton Antivirus is the worst. It doesn't transmit itself electronically, to be sure, but it does replicate through marketing and fear. And if you install it on your system, you're guaranteed to have serious problems after.
If you install Virex, you probably won't also install NAV. Therefore, Virex, in most instances, prevents you from getting NAV. What a lifesaver!
=Brian
Re:Viruses on OSX??? (Score:2)
Other than that, there are none that I am aware of.
Checking the wrong box? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Checking the wrong box? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I said it on Mac Slash, I'll say it here (Score:2)
Re:I said it on Mac Slash, I'll say it here (Score:2)
Clearly the Virex Developers have screwed up by using FINK derived libraries, but I agree with AC I much prefer a working Perl to a broken Perl and a working FINK.
Virex Developers should fix this.
Necessity of a Virus Program on OS X (Score:1)
Why /sw? (Score:3, Insightful)
Fink should install itself into
The directory
- j
Re:Why /sw? (Score:1)
Re:Why /sw? (Score:1)
This is insightful? (Score:2)
It also means that you can safely uninstall every fink package you ever compiled by typing "rm -rf
What's so bad about this?
Re:Why /sw? (Score:2)
I realize that OS X is not exactly Unix, but I see no reason for /sw to be the default. As a Unix user, this confused the hell out of me when I installed fink, and, to my shame, I was forced to RTFM.
Re:Why /sw? (Score:1)
Packages that want to manage their own directory structure should use /opt/Name/.
I am not involved in this, I promise! (Score:1)
As the main author of libcurl, I've apparently been mentioned in the About box of Virex and now people have started emailing me feature-requests for Virex...