Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:48:26 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Testers wanted for pre-build RC2 GNOME packages] Message-ID: <20020114112822.J72753-200000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3C42EB11.E65F64F8@FreeBSD.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-1900290786-1011026906=:72753 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 ;-) ). 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 > > --0-1900290786-1011026906=:72753 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=patch-pkg-req Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <20020114114826.A72753@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=patch-pkg-req LS0tIHBrZy1yZXEub3JpZwlNb24gSmFuIDE0IDExOjM5OjQ5IDIwMDINCisr KyBwa2ctcmVxCU1vbiBKYW4gMTQgMTE6NDQ6MTYgMjAwMg0KQEAgLTEsNiAr MSw3IEBADQogaWYgWyAiJDIiICE9ICJJTlNUQUxMIiBdOyB0aGVuDQogICBl eGl0IDANCiBmaQ0KK0VSUk9SPTANCiBpZiAhIGlkIC11IGdkbSA+IC9kZXYv bnVsbCAyPiYxOyB0aGVuDQogICBlY2hvICJZb3UgbmVlZCBhbiBhY2NvdW50 IFwiZ2RtXCIgdG8gaW5zdGFsbCB0aGlzIHBhY2thZ2UuIg0KICAgZWNobyAi UGxlYXNlIGFkZCBpdCBieSBoYW5kICh0cnkgXCJtYW4gdmlwd1wiKSBhbmQg dHJ5IGFnYWluLiINCkBAIC04LDcgKzksNyBAQA0KICAgZWNobyAiQW4gZXhh bXBsZSBwYXNzd2QgZW50cnkgaXM6Ig0KICAgZWNobyAiZ2RtOio6OTE6OTE6 OjA6MDpHTk9NRSBEaXNwbGF5IE1hbmFnZXI6L25vbmV4aXN0ZW50Oi9ub25l eGlzdGVudCINCiAgIGVjaG8gIiINCi0gIGV4aXQgMQ0KKyAgRVJST1I9MQ0K IGZpDQogaWYgISBncmVwIC1zIF5nZG06IC9ldGMvZ3JvdXAgPiAvZGV2L251 bGwgMj4mMTsgdGhlbg0KICAgZWNobyAiWW91IG5lZWQgYSBncm91cCBcImdk bVwiIHRvIGluc3RhbGwgdGhpcyBwYWNrYWdlLiINCkBAIC0xNiw2ICsxNyw5 IEBADQogICBlY2hvICJBbiBleGFtcGxlIC9ldGMvZ3JvdXAgZW50cnkgaXM6 Ig0KICAgZWNobyAiZ2RtOio6OTE6Z2RtIg0KICAgZWNobyAiIg0KLSAgZXhp dCAxDQorICBFUlJPUj0xDQorZmkNCitpZiBbICRFUlJPUiA9IDEgXTsgdGhl bg0KKwlleGl0IDENCiBmaQ0KIGV4aXQgMA0KDQo= --0-1900290786-1011026906=:72753-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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