From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 16 06:32:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EA21065672; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:32:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f167.google.com (mail-fx0-f167.google.com [209.85.220.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A01F8FC1E; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:32:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so236496fxm.43 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:32:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=loVh0u/JMRl/n1+Ahvnw3y/DadDB1+tzcVYnQKVjFtU=; b=rjQQBvXmoWrthdSHRjBA5gYfRvQqk6R4y4bWBFq1Q3F3N+SRtjGn9xddQ3ndKaoYRb m452MXDeBQrkzV85ji5aIxExZkBaq9IXyk+MN9zTnN6MHPCsLY7IxhESJvXoNJfL4i4h X7vO4MOlvhX7726flfEy51cRWssrihQ5MWyoI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=vjmDyc0DhnXEwtbNR+Xp11VyvG+Ffuwy2uFQ2H7uf32fu7bu94CY3csNLJOAq3IiPx vO3eggH7SFdAybtGCbCk2Cz9UiMhwYWflVgEOcNV3UenRrCqJpGdlPjx9RaMXRHNcvyg 0hNuw1F+fBUFW+B7e+ngqtoXlnh3OSWKH9oRo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.113.3 with SMTP id y3mr299121fap.71.1239863530425; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:32:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:32:10 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400904152332j44e97a01h786849e74b5527f6@mail.gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington To: barbara Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: gnome , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Which one of these two is the correct version? X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:32:12 -0000 On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM, barbara wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM, barbara > wrote: > > > > > > Hello FreeBSD Gnome users, > > > > > > > > I have been a KDE user because gnome installation/upgrade presents > such a > > > > pain to me most of the time. Today I decided to upgrade gnome from > 2.24 > > > --> > > > > 2.26 but decided to visit the gnome pages first to see what is said. > This > > > is > > > > after looking at /usr/ports/UPDATING and not seeing much to do with > this > > > > particular upgrade. > > > > > > > > Now, there are two pages, and both of them seem "upto date", but they > > > have > > > > conflicting information: > > > > > > > > 1.http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq212.html#q2 - says that > *NOTE: Do > > > notrun > > > > portupgrade(1) to upgrade to GNOME 2.26!** > > > > *and goes on to say one should use the gnome-upgrade.sh script, > which > > > > seems to NOT exist in the links. > > > > 2. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq226.html#q2 - says you > should > > > use > > > > the following steps: > > > > (a) pkgdb -Ff > > > > (Remove gnome-volume-manager.) > > > > (b) portupgrade -aOW > > > > (c) portupgrade -f gnome-media gnome-settings-daemon > > > > gnome-control-center > > > > > > > > So I am just wondering which one is the correct version, since both > are > > > > talking about the upgrade to 2.26. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1.http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq212.html#q2 > > > > 2. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq226.html#q2 > > > > > > Can you see the number between "faq" and ".html"? ;) > > > > > > Barbara, > > > > Does that number, whether I see it or not, matter at all? > > Both cases are talking about *upgrade to 2.26*, unless I also got blind > to > > the issue that mattered to me. > > > > > > Ok, sorry, you're right! I should have take a look at the pages, shame on > me. > I don't know why in the first one is reported 2.26 as in fact it seems the > procedure to upgrade to 2.12. Maybe some parts are dynamically (but wrongly) > generated. I thought so too. > > Anyway the correct procedure is described in the 2nd link. > Sorry again and good luck for the upgrade! Thanks. It's what I am using, since the upgrade script seems to have been obsoleted. > > > Cheers > Barbara > > P.S. > Where did you find the 1st link? G00gle - FreeBSD gnome upgrade :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain