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Date:      Thu, 23 May 2002 12:39:26 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to install gnome2 from ports
Message-ID:  <3CECB8CE.767303B0@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20020522181710.Q97677-200000@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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Joe Clarke wrote:
> 
> > > > Joe Marcus now working on metaport and instruction on how to do it
> > > > properly. However, if you are adventurous enough, you can try the
> > > > following recipe:
> > >
> > > Speaking of which, did you get a chance to review the meta-ports I sent
> > > out yesterday?  I'm still waiting for cvs@ to do my repo-copies for eog
> > > and gtk-engines2, though.
> >
> > Looks fine. The only thing I could suggest for gnome2 port is some
> > form of check that GNOME1 desktop components are already installed.
> > I.e. when user does `make' in metaport, the metaport checks for GNOME1
> > files (say check that gnomecc is installed) and if result is positive
> > then refuses to build. This would provide at least minimal foolproof.
> 
> What about this.  I know it might be bad form to call exit directly, but
> this seemed to be a good way of checking for the GNOME 1.x desktop.

Looks fine, though `exit 1' should be just ${FALSE}. ;)

-Maxim

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