Date: 19 Jul 2003 15:03:10 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade GNOME 1.4 to 2.2 on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE Message-ID: <1058641390.3465.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3F198D91.4050801@earthlink.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 14:27, Bob Perry wrote: > Hi, > Just cvsup'd the latest ports tree and found 15 ports "orphaned". Later > found that GNOME 1.4 was no longer supported and it was recommended that > GNOME 2.2 be installed. I read the FAQ document and in section # 4, it > indicates that 16 GNOME 1.4 pkgs needed to be removed before attempting > the upgrade. > > * Can I assume that it is not necessary to remove a pkg if it has > been orphaned? No, you should still remove the old ports. > * Three of the ports mentioned in the section, libgtop, gedit, and > eog, are questionable. > > * Libgtop is still shown as "up-to-date with port". Should I > still remove libgtop or is there a late change with regard to > its' existance? Yes. libgtop conflicts with libgtop2. libgtop is scheduled for removal in phase II of the GNOME 1.4 purge. > * gedit and eog simply don't appear at all in the port tree. > Can I disregard them? If you have them installed, you need to remove them. There are newer versions that are part of the GNOME 2 desktop. > > * Are WITH_FAM and WITH_LAME necessary when upgrading? No, but they make the final desktop a bit nicer. Joe > > Any updates? > > Thanks, > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/GZXub2iPiv4Uz4cRAkulAJ9W2bVzRndmrIxaeYFFYdlIEYUOBwCdETRq rVP35+sog76yoCVww4vdROA= =3lVl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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