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Date:      23 Apr 2003 13:15:32 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        stacey@vickiandstacey.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: In upgrading Gnome-1.4 to Gnome-2.2, what about already installed Gnome apps?
Message-ID:  <1051118131.410.49.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <1051117657.624.20.camel@localhost>
References:  <1051117657.624.20.camel@localhost>

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On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 13:07, Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Hello,
>      I've come to the end of my time with Gnome-1.4 on one of my boxes,
> and its time to get this box onto Gnome-2.2.=20
>=20
> This box, however, has been my main workstation since FreeBSD 4.3-Rel,
> and I've got Gnome applications that were installed since before Gnome-2
> was released, and I'm not entirely certain whether or not I could simply
> upgraded to Gnome-2.2 and not have to "do anything" for these already
> installed Gnome-1 ports. Specifically, these are:
> evolution-1.2.4
> gaim-0.61
> AbiWord-gnome-1.0.5
> gnumeric-1.0.13
> dia-0.91
> guppi-0.40.3_2
>=20
> Needless to say there *are* others, as well as dependencies that I've
> not mentioned here.=20
>=20
> I've read the FAQ and docs, but haven't found one that addresses this
> issue explicitly. Could I really simply, as the FAQ says:
>=20
> " make sure your GNOME 1.4 ports are up-to-date, then remove the
> following GNOME 1.4 packages from the system:
> gnomecore
> sawfish
> gnomeapplets
> gnomemedia
> gtop
> libgtop
> nautilus
> gedit
> xalf
> bugbuddy
> gnomegames
> gnomeutils
> gdm
> eog
> ggv
>     =20
> After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.2 per the
> instructions listed above"?

Yep, it's more or less that simple.  You should also read the GNOME 2
release notes for any other gotchas.

Joe

>=20
> Thanks for the time.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Stacey
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