Build order (was Re: GNOME 1.4 beta 2 is staged)

[Jens Finke <jens eknif de>]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Ade Lovett wrote:
>
> Others have been asking about build order.. this is what I'm doing
> right now for FreeBSD, which ensures that packages clean up fully after
> themselves when deinstalling.
>
> glib, gtk+, imlib, audiofile, esound, libxml, ORBit, gnome-libs,
> gnome-audio, gdk-pixbuf, control-center, oaf, gnome-print, bonobo,
> libglade, gnome-core, libghttp, libgtop, gnome-applets, gnome-media,
> gnome-user-docs, gnome-utils, gnome-pim, gnome-games, gconf, gnome-vfs,
> librep, rep-gtk, sawfish, xml-i18n-tools, ggv, ghex, bug-buddy, glade,
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> gtop, gdm, xalf, gtk-engines, gnome-python, gnome-guile, ammonite,
> libsigc++, gtkmm, gnomemm, panelmm, medusa, nautilus.

You will get problems if you build xml-i18n-tools so late.  More and more
packages make use of it. AFAIK these are currently bonobo, oaf, gnome-vfs,
gnome-applets and surely more. It's better to build xml-i18n-tools first,
'cos it has no other gnome dependencies.

   Jens