(aside: please Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed) Michael Schuerig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 11 November 2002 02:03, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > This appears to be some sort of problem with the KDE settings: the > > search is performed from what appears to be a library function, > > "locate", and this function doesn't search in /usr/local for data > > files. > > It searches in KDEDIRS (plural, see below) and ~/.kde > > > Presumably there's a setting in the KDE libraries that could get it > > to behave properly. I tried modifying /etc/kderc, but it seems to be > > ignored, or maybe my guess at what should be in this (entirely > > undocumented) file was wrong. After poking around a bit more, I > > tried setting KDEDIRS to /usr/local, and the program ran. > > > > This probably should be fixed in the packages (preferably before > > you release them to unstable, or at least a bit afterwards) > > No, the packages are fine, as far as I can tell. Just set KDEDIRS > appropriately. I have the following line in /etc/environment > > KDEDIRS=/usr:/usr/local/kde:/usr/local
Hi, I think you misunderstood me -- a default installation of Debian KDE3 does not allow programs to be installed in /usr/local. This is Not Right. I don't care if I can work around it by setting an environment variable, changing a config file, or standing on my head and reciting the alphabet backwards, it should work properly in the first place. Daniel -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive? | \---- Be like the kid in the movie! Play chess! -- http://www.uschess.org ---/
