Does Gnome2 Require Xscreensaver to Run

[Adam Weinberger]

>> (05.26.2004 @ 1758 PST): Bob Perry said, in 0.6K: <<
> My system was having trouble upgrading xsreensaver-gnome 
> so I tried to deinstall but failed because gnome2 required 
> the port.  I know pkg_deinstall includes a force option 
> but how can you guage the effect of forcing a deinstall on 
> a large port line gnome2?
>> end of "Does Gnome2 Require Xscreensaver to Run" from Bob Perry <<

That is why you should use portupgrade. See
/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.

And FWIW, deinstalling xscreensaver-gnome won't affect GNOME in any way,
except that it won't automatically run the screensaver.

# Adam


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