Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:40:46 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does Gnome2 Require Xscreensaver to Run Message-ID: <20040527024046.GQ72578@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20040526215828.GB77432@sphinx.alpha.domain> References: <20040526215828.GB77432@sphinx.alpha.domain>
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>> (05.26.2004 @ 1758 PST): Bob Perry said, in 0.6K: << > My system was having trouble upgrading xsreensaver-gnome > so I tried to deinstall but failed because gnome2 required > the port. I know pkg_deinstall includes a force option > but how can you guage the effect of forcing a deinstall on > a large port line gnome2? >> end of "Does Gnome2 Require Xscreensaver to Run" from Bob Perry << That is why you should use portupgrade. See /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. And FWIW, deinstalling xscreensaver-gnome won't affect GNOME in any way, except that it won't automatically run the screensaver. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org http://www.vectors.cx
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