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
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