gnome2 installation gotcha

[Kevin Oberman]

> 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?)
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> 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.

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