Fw: Portupgrade Problem w/New Gnome2 Release

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 00:47, Bob Perry wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> I've read over the FAQ page and think I know what my next steps will be.
> Not absolutely sure, but I'll give it my best shot.
> 
> FreeBSD seems to be a hacker's dream and I can see why some derive so much
> satisfaction from working with it.  I'm not a hacker.  Just want to replace
> what I had prior to FreeBSD and move on.  It's late and I'm getting tired.
> Have a good night and thanks again for your help.
> 
> Bob
> 
> P.S.: If I reinstall as a package will that eliminate the problems I'm
> currently experiencing?

Maybe, maybe not.  You'll still need to clean up the shared library mess
created by the upgrade.  If, however, you're willing to uninstall all
GTK/GNOME apps, and replace them with packages (or even build them from
scratch), your problems should go away.

Joe

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus at marcuscom.com>
> To: "Bob Perry" <rperry4 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-gnome at FreeBSD.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Portupgrade Problem w/New Gnome2 Release
> 
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