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Date:      Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:51:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE>
To:        epilogue@allstream.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I messed up, removed /usr/X11R6/lib
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406241550570.7092@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
In-Reply-To: <20040623114255.67c94713@localhost>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406231026130.16765@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20040623090259.GA60494@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406231135580.21557@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20040623114255.67c94713@localhost>

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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 epilogue@allstream.net wrote:

> > > The latter sounds triesome. I remember how long time it took to compile
> > > OpenOffice and all of KDE, even om my 1200MHz machine.
> >
> > Yeah, those are well-known for taking forever to compile.
> > I think you might be in luck with KDE since that seems to put its files
> > under /usr/local (while GNOME programs tend to put their files under
> > /usr/X11R6). I don't know where OpenOffice installs to.
> >
>
> just a tad off topic...   whenever you're making those gargantuan ports, it
> is a good idea to also make a package (for occasions just like this) and
> keep it around until you update to the next version (and make another
> package).

An excellent idea.

/andreas



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