Mac OS X install directions / web pages / other help resources?

James K. Lowden jklowden at speakeasy.org
Thu Nov 8 01:29:55 EST 2001


James Cameron wrote:
> James L & Brian: since the FAQ says it covers issues found since
> release, this MAC OS X issue could do with being added.  Want me to
> handle that?  (Have I your permission also to hack at a bit of the
> language to make it more technical and less emotive?)

James, 

Yes, please, by all means.  Sometimes the precision of the text suffers
from my lack of experience  I was looking it over the other day when
someone asked a JDBC question, and was struck by how it's gotten better
lately.  

And, in this particular instance, I think your knowledge would be
especially helpful.  If someone said AC_FUNC_MALLOC to me, I'd probably
guess it was something to do with autoconf (and not, say, a town in
Afghanistan), but it's just not something I know much about.  

You might be interested to know, by the way, that I recently scrounged a
pair of VaxStation 4000's.  I think that puts me in the running for most
CPU years per square foot in Manhattan.  I got them partly out of
softheadedness and partly just to see how FreeTDS and NetBSD would
behave on them, now that I've traded in SYS$MANAGER for root.  

I'll keep you posted, although at the rate I work I recommend you don't
hold your breath or anything.  Real datetime support comes first, after
a bunch of real-life support, of course.  ;)

Regards, 

--jkl



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