gtk2+ compatibility in gnome 2.5

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 08:20, Todd R. Burzynski wrote:
> All,
> 
> I just got gnome 2.5 installed, using the latest ports from marcuscom (and
> the marcusmerge script.)  Gnome seems to be working great so far, but I am
> having trouble with some applications.  A running theme, with gaim,
> thunderbird, etc., is that they are looking for an older version of the
> gtk2+ libs than what is currently installed (2.3.1).  Is there any way to
> both have gnome 2.5 and still maintain gtk2+ compatibility for those
> programs?  Any help appreciated.

In general, no.  You have to choose either GNOME 2.4 or 2.5.  However,
you can keep the old libraries around for running applications that are
still linked to them.  You will not be able to build new GNOME 2.4 apps,
however.

It sounds like you'd be more comfortable waiting for GNOME 2.6.

Joe

> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 
> 
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