From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jul 11 8:51:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D89537B400 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C901B43E42 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:51:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.200] (vpn-client.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.200]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6BFpMFg003798; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:51:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: Gnome 1 -vs- 2 From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Pat Lashley Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <1355470000.1026373279@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> References: <1355470000.1026373279@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 11 Jul 2002 11:51:09 -0400 Message-Id: <1026402670.357.13.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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