Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 : a nasty problem
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: My favorite game is the KDE 3 version of Mahjongg : no, the KDE 4 version is nowhere near as good (smile). Currently, users are being warned in big red letters that 'mDNSResponder' is masked soon wb removed: the alternative is 'avahi'. I unmerged the former emerged the latter, then tried to remerge the KDE 3 version of 'kdelibs': it failed; yes, I did add the 'avahi' USE flag. Luckily, I made a quickpkg of 'mDNSResponder' was able to reinstall it after adding it to /etc/portage/package.unmask , so Mahjongg 3 is back (big smile). However, I can't test 'kdelibs 3' again without unmerging 'mDNSResponder', so it's not nice to try to submit a bug anyway how far are KDE Sunset bugs taken seriously ? Does anyone have advice ? local use flags (searching: mdnsresponder-compat) [- ] mdnsresponder-compat net-dns/avahi: Enable compat libraries for mDNSResponder That said, KDE3 is EOL'd, as is mdnsresponder. It's not likely KDE3 is going to get fixed to use avahi, and mdnsresponder-compat will probably eventually get removed. If you want to continue using KDE3 components, you may eventually be required to do without mdns support in KDE3. And, eventually, the KDE3 stuff will probably go away, too. BTW, I somewhat agree; the KDE3 version of Mahjongg is great. I've never tried the KDE4 version, though. I don't spend much time with KDE. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 : a nasty problem
Philip Webb wrote: My favorite game is the KDE 3 version of Mahjongg : no, the KDE 4 version is nowhere near as good (smile). Currently, users are being warned in big red letters that 'mDNSResponder' is masked soon wb removed: the alternative is 'avahi'. I unmerged the former emerged the latter, then tried to remerge the KDE 3 version of 'kdelibs': it failed; yes, I did add the 'avahi' USE flag. Luckily, I made a quickpkg of 'mDNSResponder' was able to reinstall it after adding it to /etc/portage/package.unmask , so Mahjongg 3 is back (big smile). However, I can't test 'kdelibs 3' again without unmerging 'mDNSResponder', so it's not nice to try to submit a bug anyway how far are KDE Sunset bugs taken seriously ? Does anyone have advice ? The best place to ask KDE3 questions is -desktop mailing list. The people that are working on KDE3 are regulars there. I only mention because you may not know since it not written anywhere that I am aware of. I'd ask there and see what they say. If they have plans, I'm sure they can explain the options better. It may take a day or so to get a reply depending on who is there and when. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--quiet-build=n
