Talk:Fink:Major New Feature Plans:NonAutomatic field

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I'm not fond of the "NonAutomatic" name, but it is pleasantly unambiguous. Should we add another category like "NonAutomatic:NeedsNetConnection". Perhaps that should instead be a "BuildDepends: system-netconnection"?

--ChrisDolan 19:52, 5 January 2006 (GMT)

Are there packages that have a legit need for this behavior? DMacks 21:38, 5 January 2006 (GMT)
Yes, some Perl modules have tests that query the net, e.g. libwww-pm, soap-lite-pm. Plus there's some Java packages that (I think) are looking up web-based XML schemas. I run LittleSnitch on my Mac, so Fink hangs each time a build tries to go out to the net. It's not really that important, but potentially useful information. ChrisDolan 23:24, 5 January 2006 (GMT)
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