Date: 11 Jul 2002 11:51:09 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Pat Lashley <patl+freebsd@volant.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnome 1 -vs- 2 Message-ID: <1026402670.357.13.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1355470000.1026373279@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> References: <1355470000.1026373279@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org>
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On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 03:41, Pat Lashley wrote: > When the GNOME2 ports were first added to the ports collection it was > necessary for anyone using them to be very careful to avoid installing > anything that would bring in certain of the GONME 1.4 ports which conflicted > with the 2.0 versions. Is that still true, or have the conflicting ports > been updated to refuse to install if the other version is already installed? > In other words, is it safe to install GNOME2 (on a clean system), then > try to install other ports (like evolution or galeon) without explicitly > worrying about messing up the GNOME2 installation? To some extent, you still need to be careful. However, work is under way to make sure GNOME 1.4.1 apps will not overwrite your GNOME 2.0 desktop. Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome under the GNOME 2.0 FAQ for upgrade instructions. Joe > > > Thanks, > -Pat > > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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