XFCE upgraded to 4.16

[Guido Falsi]

On 08/01/21 20:33, Guido Falsi wrote:
> On 08/01/21 17:02, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>> On 1/8/21 4:00 PM, Guido Falsi wrote:
>>> The script does require a change to accomodate for not having any of 
>>> the variables it checks set, but you will need to define TMPDIR 
>>> anyway in your setup most probably to have it working.
>>
>> I've got no problem with that, altough I suggest specifying this in 
>> pkg-message.
>>
> 
> I don't agree. Using a network file system for home directory if 
> problematic at present. Most software uses sqlite databases for 
> configurations which explicitly does not support networked file systems. 
> and other problems could arise.
> 
> Such a note should be attached to most software in the ports tree. 
> Firefox and thunderbird (and most other browsers AFAIK) just to name two 
> which use sqlite DBs heavily.

ANyway, thinking about it, if the chflag errors are just warnings like 
you say above, then setting a custom TMPDIR will not be needed even with 
your setup. So there is no need for a warning anyway.


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Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>