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Date:      Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:56:01 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: Testers wanted for pre-build RC2 GNOME packages]
Message-ID:  <3C431BB1.AA500373@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20020114120105.D72753-300000@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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Joe Clarke wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
> > Joe Clarke wrote:
> > >
> > > GDM will fail to install since the user isn't created.  An error is
> > > printed out first for the user, then for the group.  So, if the user is a
> > > complete newbie to GNOME, they will try the pkg_add three times before
> > > success.  What about this patch to gdm's pkg-req.  This way, the will have
> > > to do the pkg_add on gdm at most twice (unless the can't read ;-) ).
> >
> > The better option is to tweak package to create those entries
> > automagically. Any takers?
> 
> Sure, I've already done it based on mysql-server.  I just didn't know if
> GDM should be responsible for creating those entries.

I do not see why not. Thank you for a prompt reply - I've just
committed the change in question.

-Maxim

> 
> You need to remove pkg-req for the attached patches to work.
> 
> Joe
> 
> >
> > Thank you a lot for your help, Joe!
> >
> > -Maxim
> >
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > >
> > > > OOPS, my bad - misspelled your e-mail.
> > > >
> > > > -Maxim
> > > >
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Subject: Testers wanted for pre-build RC2 GNOME packages
> > > > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:22:27 +0200
> > > > From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > > > Organization: Vega International Capital
> > > > To: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
> > > > CC: marcus@marciscom.com, john_m_cooper@yahoo.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
> > > >
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > Release Engineering team has prepared the set of packages for the
> > > > second 4.5 Release Candidate. I would like to ask people with
> > > > sufficient bandwidth to test how well gnome metaport could be
> > > > installed with `pkg_add -r' to avoid unfortunate situation we had with
> > > > 4.4 pre-built GNOME packages. Unfortunately, due to the lack of
> > > > bandwidth I can't do the testing by myself.
> > > >
> > > > Set of packages is available at
> > > > ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.5-RC2 -
> > > > you probably have to tweak /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/main.c to
> > > > use correct URL. To test it properly you'll need to delete all
> > > > installed packages (tar up /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local, delete those
> > > > dirs and move /var/db/pkg out of the way), and then do `pkg_add -r
> > > > gnome' using hacked pkg_add binary. After the testing is done, you
> > > > could easily restore your previous set of packages by deleting
> > > > /usr/X11R6, /usr/local /var/db/pkg, unpacking archived /usr/X11R6 and
> > > > /usr/local and moving old /var/db/pkg back.
> > > >
> > > > Please report your success or failure to gnome@FreeBSD.org.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > -Maxim
> > > >
> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >                     Name: patch-pkg-req
> > >    patch-pkg-req    Type: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
> > >                 Encoding: BASE64
> >
> >
> 
>   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                      Name: Makefile.patch
>    Makefile.patch    Type: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
>                  Encoding: BASE64
> 
>                         Name: pkg-install.patch
>    pkg-install.patch    Type: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
>                     Encoding: BASE64

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