DJ Lucas wrote: > On 02/07/2010 03:41 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Do not use a versioned directory such as /opt/gnome-2.28.2 for the >> Gnome installation prefix. >> >> Is this backwards? I would think it should be "Use a versioned >> directory..." >> >> > It is correct as is. The intention is to use a symlink to the versioned > directory, but for the environment variables, we use the link, not the > actual directory. This so that a new installation is as simple as > changing the symlink. This leaves a dangling symlink in > /usr/share/icons/gnome -> nowhere, and a couple of gio modules that will > be overwritten on the next installation in /usr.
Ah, I see now. Perhaps I had a preconceived idea of what you are doing, but it's the opposite of what I thought. I like your approach. You say a little bit later: "If you've elected to install gnome into /usr, you can skip the rest of this page." I think that needs to be highlighted with more emphasis. Perhaps, <emphasis role="strong">...</emphasis> is all that it needs. I would also change "can" to "should", or maybe even "must". Another issue. You assume that /etc/profile sources all the files in /etc/profile.d. That's not the LFS default. I suggest mentioning that the methodology in the section "The Bash Shell Startup Files" is needed. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
