Armin K. wrote: > On 04/03/2012 06:45 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Armin K. wrote: >> >>> Great. And then everyone told me how /etc/gnome and prefix other than >>> /usr can work. Well, yes they can. But there is a lot of additional >>> configuration that needs to be done, and also I still haven't found a >>> way to make policykit rules installed somewhere else than in /usr >>> available to the daemon. So, I am asking again. If everyone else agrees, >>> I'd like to drop GNOME_SYSCONFDIR - lot easier than making symlinks and >>> if possible GNOME_PREFIX or keep it with fat warning that it might break >>> things (that is if anyone wants to test if that works, I'm not going to >>> do that).
>> I'd prefer not to build any environment like kde or gnome in /usr. It >> makes it very difficult to build another version while using the current >> version. > That's craziest thing I've ever heard. Why would someone have installed > for example gnome 3.2 and 3.4 at the same time? I never even heard of > someone trying to do such crazy thing. It's called testing. If you have gnome 3.2 in /usr, how do you upgrade to gnome 3.4 while still using gnome 3.2? If you make a mistake, how do you revert? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
