gnome2 installation gotcha

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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.
> 
> 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.

Joe

> 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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