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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:05:26 +0900
From: Yukihiro Nakai <nakai@FreeBSD.org>
To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
Cc: miklic@udlkern.fc.hp.com, nakai@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: GDM
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Update commited, thanks.

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:47:40 +0200
Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 08:29:22AM -0600, Andrew M. Miklic wrote:
> > This may seem like either a stupid or snotty question, depending on my level
> > of ignorance about the ports collection and its ability to change files like
> > the /etc/pam.conf, but shouldn't an install of gdm either modify this file
> > appropriately so that it will just work "out-of-the-box", or at least do
> > something akin to what netscape does (for its java applets problem) and
> > print a nice little message at the end of the install notifying the user
> > of a potential problem and suggesting a step-by-step manual solution for it?
> 
> Yes, I agree. As you describe, there are a number of ports that do this
> already. GDM should be updated to print such a notice too.
> 
> Attached is a quick patch that should update the port; it is however
> untested. Basically it displays a copy of pkg-descr (pkg-message). I
> have updated some lines however to better reflect reality and to
> correct a few spelling mistakes.
> 
> Maintainer, do as you want with this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --Stijn
> 


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Nakai


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