HEADS UP: GNOME desktop users

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

Well, a belated HEADS UP, anyway.  For a week or so now, a new make
option has existed to help keep people from overwriting their GNOME
desktop version when installing certain ports.  This option is called
GNOME_DESKTOP_VERSION (similar to XFREE86_VERSION).  It accepts one of
two values: 1 or 2.  If you want to or are using the GNOME 2 desktop,
you should add:

GNOME_DESKTOP_VERSION=	2

To /etc/make.conf.  Likewise, if you want to or are using the GNOME 1
desktop, add:

GNOME_DESKTOP_VERSION=	1

To /etc/make.conf.  This macro is entirely optional, put can help you
from accidentally installing a port designed for the other desktop (i.e.
the one you're not using), thus overwriting components such as
gnome-panel.  With this option set, you may see things such as:

===>  gnomepilot-0.1.71 is marked as broken: gnomepilot wants to use the
GNOME 1 desktop, but you wish to use the GNOME 2 desktop..

This means that if you install this port on your system it will either
not work as expected, or it will damage your currently installed GNOME
desktop.

Porters should not worry about this option.  No one should add this to
their port's Makefile.  More documentation on the bsd.gnome.mk changes
is forthcoming.  Please send all questions or comments to
freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org.  Thanks.

Joe

-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus at FreeBSD.org
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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