Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 02/01/06 15:44 CST: > One thing I've found is that if XDG_..._DIRS are not the default, then > you should set them before you build GNOME. I don't know which > package it is, but it needs to now your setup before you build it or > it won't know where to look for the menu entries.
I found this (though I've always done it in the past) to be unnecessary. I don't believe you need to set it until run time. Here' why I'm refuting what you say Dan. I couldn't say this yesterday as I hadn't finished my 2.12.2 GNOME build. It is done now. Anyway, I had (still have) a KDE installation before GNOME. I build with a user different than my regular user I use the computer with. I.e, the build user is only used for that purpose. This user had XDG vars set to the KDE directories for the entire build of GNOME. In fact, still has them set that way. I have KDE and GNOME both installed in /opt, so /usr isn't enough for the XDG vars. So, during the build, not only were the XDG vars not set to the GNOME values, *they were set to KDE values*. I did this on purpose, because I was interested in knowing if the wives tale above :-), was true or not. Not until GNOME was completely finished, did I change the XDG vars for my regular user and fire up GNOME. Worked perfectly. Not a hitch. So, at this point, I'm fairly convinced that it isn't necessary to set them in the pre-installation config. It was kind of interesting that yesterday you mentioned what you did, Dan, and here I was testing that theory. Coincidence, huh? I think I will mention in the *post-installation* config, to ensure all the vars used throughout the GNOME installation (I'll list them, and link to the package where they are set) are set. ====================================================================== And just to fan flames for anyone out there that may be sensitive to this, I prefer KDE as a desktop. I've tested current versions of both, and it just seems to me KDE offers more, with less build hassle. Some notes (KDE is base install plus kdemultimedia and kdegraphics, GNOME is base install, additional libraries and Gucharmap): [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/build > d /opt/gnome/ /opt/kde/ 147M /opt/gnome/ 206M /opt/kde/ (above is du stats) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/build > find /opt/gnome/ -type f|wc -l 5667 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/build > find /opt/gnome/ -type d|wc -l 770 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/build > find /opt/kde/ -type f|wc -l 11963 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/build > find /opt/kde/ -type d|wc -l 1185 -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 07:40:00 up 130 days, 17:04, 3 users, load average: 0.27, 0.07, 0.20 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
