Re: Garnome Dependencies - newbe question

["Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D." <joseph_sacco comcast net>]

That is actually an evolution issue, not a GARNOME issue. 

Here is a simple strategy to consider...

When I build a new version of GARNOME,  I first test using a clean user
account that starts out without *any* GNOME dot files.  Once I am
satisfied that all is well,  I back up *all* of the dot files in my home
directory and then start GARNOME.

-Joseph

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On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 09:25 +0200, Bastiaan Wakkie wrote:
> Be aware that I lost ones all my email as the new evolution did
> overwrite my old evolution settings. (so backup :)
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> ^(B(astia{2}n)?)(\s)?(W(ak{2}ie)?)$
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 21:36 -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote: 
> > A basic maxim of GARNOME is "do no harm". GARNOME installs within its
> > own install tree and will not overwrite any system file.
> > 
> > Some "gentle" hints:
> > 
> > (0) read the README one more time... [:-)]
> > 
> > (1) create a new user to build GARNOME
> > 
> >         user = garnome group=garnome
> > 
> > (2) edit gar.conf.mk to set the main_prefix to
> > 
> >         /opt/garnome-x.y.z
> > 
> > where x.y.z is the version you are building
> > 
> > (3) As user root, 
> > 
> >         * create
> >         
> >         	/opt/garnome-x.y.z
> >         
> >         * change owner to garnome.garnome
> > 
> > (4) create a soft link from
> > 
> >         /opt/garnome-x.y.z -> /opt/garnome
> > 
> > When it comes time to create your startup scripts, /opt/garnome will be
> > the root of the GARNOME install tree. When you build a new version of
> > GARNOME, you will need only to change the soft link to point at the new
> > version. Your startup scripts should still work.
> > 
> > (5) Check CVS to see what has changed since the last release.
> > 
> > -Joseph
> > 
> > ==========================================================================
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 00:51 +0000, randhir phagura wrote:
> > > Dear Stef,
> > > 
> > > I have downloaded garnome-2.14 and have read how to proceed. Before I start 
> > > I want to calrify again ragarding dependencies. You wrote: "the stable 
> > > series (of garnome-2.14) had lots of dependencies fixed in the build 
> > > system." I would like to ask the following:
> > > 
> > > 1. What happens to the lots package already installed and satisfying a 
> > > number ofdependencies ?
> > > 
> > > 2. Will these packages be reinstalled and overwritten by 'garnome' or does 
> > > garnome have the ability to know (from ldconfig etc.) which dependencies 
> > > have been installed and would leave them untouched ?
> > > 
> > > Thanks & Best Regards
> > > 
> > > Randhir Phagura
> > > 
> > > 
> > -- 
> > joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net
> > 
> 
> 
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