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From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 18:06, Doug Barton wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> >
> > > Well, a belated HEADS UP, anyway.  For a week or so now, a new make
> > > option has existed to help keep people from overwriting their GNOME
> > > desktop version when installing certain ports.  This option is called
> > > GNOME_DESKTOP_VERSION (similar to XFREE86_VERSION).  It accepts one of
> > > two values: 1 or 2.  If you want to or are using the GNOME 2 desktop,
> > > you should add:
> > >
> > > GNOME_DESKTOP_VERSION=	2
> >
> > I think this is a good idea, I just have one suggestion. Can you set a
> > default value for this, which the user can override (similar to
> > XFREE86_VERSION as you pointed out)? I think that will reduce the
> > foot-shooting possibilities down the road....
>
> We do set a default value that's auto-selected based on what's currently
> installed.  Checkout bsd.gnome.mk for more details.

Fabulous!

Thanks,

Doug

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