Re: How to add conduits after recompilation

[Matt Davey <mcdavey mrao cam ac uk>]

Hi again,

On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 13:05 +0800, z w wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Because of the bug 484509
> (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484509), I've recompiled
> the source code of gnome-pilot.
> After installation of required depending packages, and applied the
> patch correcting the bug, I've successefully installed the new
> version.

good going so far...

> But since then:
> 1) I can no longer see gpilotd-applet on the gnome panel (but it's
> running).
> 2) Via Evolution, I get the settings, but in the conduit list, I lost
> all evolution related conduits.

I suspect that your installation of gnome-pilot has not gone into the
same place on the system as your distribution-supplied version.  For
item 1), you should find the file "GNOME_PilotApplet.server".  This
contains the pathnames for the panel applet.  You have probably got one
installed under /lib/bonobo/servers/ and you may have another (your new
one) installed under /usr/local/lib/....

Item 2) is similar.  Your evolution install is probably compiled to put
its conduit definition files into /usr/share/gnome-pilot/conduits/,
whereas your new gnome-pilot may be looking for them
under /usr/local/share/...  If so, you may just be able to copy the
system installed evolution files called e-address.conduit,
e-todo.conduit, etc, into /usr/local/share/gnome-pilot/conduits/

It's probably safer to keep your (new) gnome-pilot under /usr/local
rather than /usr, unless you know what you are doing, as you are likely
to confuse your package manager!

Matt