Date: 09 May 2003 13:10:16 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome2 installation gotcha Message-ID: <1052500216.313.18.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20030509170206.DF4E85D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030509170206.DF4E85D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 13:02, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
> > Date: 09 May 2003 12:34:24 -0400
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> > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:24, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > > I ran into a problem when upgrading one of my desktops from gnome 1.4
> > > to gnome 2.2. The install was fine until I got to gdm. It brings up t=
he
> > > security warning screen and, since I don't use gdm, I said to not
> > > install it. It then terminated the gnome2 install with an error, leav=
ing
> > > much un-installed including xscreensaver, the user guide, fileroller =
and
> > > many others.
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> > > While I noticed the problem immediately, I suspect gnome2 has often b=
een
> > > partially installed because of this. I know several of my co-workers =
who
> > > had the Unix admin team install FreeBSD had this happen. (Why don't I
> > > have screensaver?)
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> > Be sure to customize your gnome2 meta-port before installation. For
> > example, it might be good to copy gnome2 to gnome2-lbnl, then modify th=
e
> > Makefile, and install that version of the port. That way, dependencies
> > will be consistent for updates.
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> Yes, I already did this (or a slight variant), but that only fixes it for
> me. The metaport really needs to be adjusted so that selecting "No" on
> gdm2 installation does not leave the installation incomplete...perhaps
> by moving gdm:${PORTSDIR}/x11/gdm2 dependency to the end of the list.
That can be done, but what about the next interactive port that gets
added? There really isn't a nice solution to this problem other than
creating custom meta-ports.
Joe
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> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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