From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 9 10:10:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE0037B401 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 10:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92D843FAF for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 10:10:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from mail3.nc.rr.com (fe3 [24.93.67.50])h49H8sMw000974; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:08:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com ([66.57.17.158]) by mail3.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Fri, 9 May 2003 13:07:27 -0400 Received: from vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4])h49H6Taa081760; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:06:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) X-Authentication-Warning: creme-brulee.marcuscom.com: vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4] didn't use HELO protocol From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20030509170206.DF4E85D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030509170206.DF4E85D04@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Vontm1wYE08AqQof6RmR" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1052500216.313.18.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.3 (Preview Release) Date: 09 May 2003 13:10:16 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-39.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users Subject: Re: gnome2 installation gotcha X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 17:10:27 -0000 --=-Vontm1wYE08AqQof6RmR Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 13:02, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Joe Marcus Clarke > > Date: 09 May 2003 12:34:24 -0400 > >=20 > >=20 > > --=3D-eIYhls57Hl93hYe2tFcP > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >=20 > > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:24, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > I ran into a problem when upgrading one of my desktops from gnome 1.4 > > > to gnome 2.2. The install was fine until I got to gdm. It brings up t= he > > > security warning screen and, since I don't use gdm, I said to not > > > install it. It then terminated the gnome2 install with an error, leav= ing > > > much un-installed including xscreensaver, the user guide, fileroller = and > > > many others. > > >=3D20 > > > While I noticed the problem immediately, I suspect gnome2 has often b= een > > > partially installed because of this. I know several of my co-workers = who > > > had the Unix admin team install FreeBSD had this happen. (Why don't I > > > have screensaver?) > >=20 > > Be sure to customize your gnome2 meta-port before installation. For > > example, it might be good to copy gnome2 to gnome2-lbnl, then modify th= e > > Makefile, and install that version of the port. That way, dependencies > > will be consistent for updates. >=20 > Yes, I already did this (or a slight variant), but that only fixes it for > me. The metaport really needs to be adjusted so that selecting "No" on > gdm2 installation does not leave the installation incomplete...perhaps > by moving gdm:${PORTSDIR}/x11/gdm2 dependency to the end of the list. That can be done, but what about the next interactive port that gets added? There really isn't a nice solution to this problem other than creating custom meta-ports. Joe >=20 > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-Vontm1wYE08AqQof6RmR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+u+D4b2iPiv4Uz4cRApC/AJ9IR19Qx+lXX+vfeZ+w84VkFCKofQCdHLse nPcm717M0J34rnHHaSu8z10= =YNpp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Vontm1wYE08AqQof6RmR--