Re: autoconf/automake for detecting whether GNOME is installed

[Ari Pollak <compwiz aripollak com>]

Then what happens if a user installs KDE and/or GNOME later? They should 
not have to recompile the application when it doesn't actually depend on 
KDE or GNOME but merely because of an application file. Instead of 
automatically detecting, perhaps you should put a configure/Makefile 
option to disable desktop files for either KDE or GNOME so you don't 
penalize people who want the desktop file there if they install 
KDE/GNOME later.

Morten Brix Pedersen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Ari Pollak <compwiz aripollak com> [2002-07-17 00:30:04]:
>
> > I don't think there's really any problem with installing a .desktop 
> > entry even if GNOME2 is installed - especially since most piece of 
> > software are installed via a distribution's packaging system.
>
>
> I had a request from a KDE user who asked to not have the GNOME .desktop
> file installed on his system when compiling from source.
>
> The big picture is that I want to install the .desktop file in the KDE
> dirs on KDE systems, and in the GNOME dir on GNOME dirs.
>
>   - Morten.


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