Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:00:36 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Testers wanted for pre-build RC2 GNOME packages] Message-ID: <3C430EB4.88AA5A8D@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020114112822.J72753-200000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Clarke wrote: > > GDM will fail to install since the user isn't created. An error is > printed out first for the user, then for the group. So, if the user is a > complete newbie to GNOME, they will try the pkg_add three times before > success. What about this patch to gdm's pkg-req. This way, the will have > to do the pkg_add on gdm at most twice (unless the can't read ;-) ). The better option is to tweak package to create those entries automagically. Any takers? Thank you a lot for your help, Joe! -Maxim > > Joe > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > OOPS, my bad - misspelled your e-mail. > > > > -Maxim > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Testers wanted for pre-build RC2 GNOME packages > > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:22:27 +0200 > > From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Organization: Vega International Capital > > To: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG > > CC: marcus@marciscom.com, john_m_cooper@yahoo.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hi folks, > > > > Release Engineering team has prepared the set of packages for the > > second 4.5 Release Candidate. I would like to ask people with > > sufficient bandwidth to test how well gnome metaport could be > > installed with `pkg_add -r' to avoid unfortunate situation we had with > > 4.4 pre-built GNOME packages. Unfortunately, due to the lack of > > bandwidth I can't do the testing by myself. > > > > Set of packages is available at > > ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.5-RC2 - > > you probably have to tweak /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/main.c to > > use correct URL. To test it properly you'll need to delete all > > installed packages (tar up /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local, delete those > > dirs and move /var/db/pkg out of the way), and then do `pkg_add -r > > gnome' using hacked pkg_add binary. After the testing is done, you > > could easily restore your previous set of packages by deleting > > /usr/X11R6, /usr/local /var/db/pkg, unpacking archived /usr/X11R6 and > > /usr/local and moving old /var/db/pkg back. > > > > Please report your success or failure to gnome@FreeBSD.org. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Maxim > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Name: patch-pkg-req > patch-pkg-req Type: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN) > Encoding: BASE64 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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