gnome2 installation gotcha

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 13:02, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>
> > Date: 09 May 2003 12:34:24 -0400
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> > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:24, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > > I ran into a problem when upgrading one of my desktops from gnome 1.4
> > > to gnome 2.2. The install was fine until I got to gdm. It brings up the
> > > security warning screen and, since I don't use gdm, I said to not
> > > install it. It then terminated the gnome2 install with an error, leaving
> > > much un-installed including xscreensaver, the user guide, fileroller and
> > > many others.
> > >=20
> > > While I noticed the problem immediately, I suspect gnome2 has often been
> > > partially installed because of this. I know several of my co-workers who
> > > had the Unix admin team install FreeBSD had this happen. (Why don't I
> > > have screensaver?)
> > 
> > Be sure to customize your gnome2 meta-port before installation.  For
> > example, it might be good to copy gnome2 to gnome2-lbnl, then modify the
> > Makefile, and install that version of the port.  That way, dependencies
> > will be consistent for updates.
> 
> Yes, I already did this (or a slight variant), but that only fixes it for
> me. The metaport really needs to be adjusted so that selecting "No" on
> gdm2 installation does not leave the installation incomplete...perhaps
> by moving gdm:${PORTSDIR}/x11/gdm2 dependency to the end of the list.

That can be done, but what about the next interactive port that gets
added?  There really isn't a nice solution to this problem other than
creating custom meta-ports.

Joe

> 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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