Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:48:20 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Bob McDonald <freebsd@dancingkayak.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Results of upgrading Gnome 2.4 to 2.6 Message-ID: <opr6tqquwk8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1082562451.67518.119.camel@searocket.dancingkayak.org> References: <1082562451.67518.119.camel@searocket.dancingkayak.org>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:47:32 -0700, Bob McDonald <freebsd@dancingkayak.com> wrote: > I read the upgrade FAQ and followed the instructions. I encountered > some problems, but resolved them and am now running Gnome 2.6 on two > FreeBSD machines. > > I encountered two types of problems. One involved an obsolete file in > the ports tree that apparently was not removed by the cvsup upgrade > process (it was moved to the Attic subdirectory). The other involved > ports that depend on glib2* and have other dependencies that needed to > be upgraded but wouldn't be upgraded because the upward-recursion > specified in step four doesn't include downward-dependencies of > dependents of glib2*. This included sdl12 dependent on a newer version > of nas, and gstreamer-plugins dependent on a newer version of > libmusicbrainz. > > If you are interested, I have a more detailed description of my upgrade > process at http://www.dancingkayak.com/other/freebsd/upgrade.html near > the bottom of the page, at the section entitled "Upgrading Gnome from > 3.4 to 3.6". 3.4 to 3.6? Are we in future? :-) Cheers, Mezz -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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