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Date:      Sun, 3 May 1998 17:39:58 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, Roddie Hasan <roddie@krweb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current and Gimp .99.28.
Message-ID:  <19980503173958.48425@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980503091319.15307d-100000@localhost>; from Chuck Robey on Sun, May 03, 1998 at 09:16:58AM -0400
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.980503015821.434P-100000@hub.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980503091319.15307d-100000@localhost>

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On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 09:16:58AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> > > Roddie Hasan wrote:
> > > > Updated my sources, built a kernel and made world this morning, and now
> > > > when I run Gimp .99.28,get the splash screen, then I get a blank tips
> > > > dialog and toolbar and the following message:
> > > > 
[...]
> 
> I just saw this, it's possible it might be what John thinks, but this
> same, exact thing happens every time you try to update gimp without
> being very thorough about erasing the previous gimp before building the
> new one.  Just doing a pkg_delete is *not* good enough.  You have to get
> rid of every possible vestige of gimp, in various places, including any
> .gimprc directories, any places in /usr/local or /usr/X11R6, stuff like
> that.  The problem is a very enthusiastic configuration script that gimp
> uses.  Go back over your system, be *extremely* certain that all the old
> gimp is off your system, then build the new one, it'll work.

This sound like a gratious bug in either GIMP or the GIMP port.  Is
anybody looking at it?

Eivind.


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