Msek's notice did point out that the switch to GNOME2 would happen via "fink update-all".
That being said, I expected to see another announcement after msek's initial one that GNOME2 was actually out--I found out when I did my "update-all". On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 08:33, Stanton Sanderson wrote: > I had the same problem but was able to install manually. However, after > everything updated, I started up X11 and waited for the new Gnome > screen. In the process, I was treated to a number of error screeens > which told me I wasn't connected properly to the config server. When > gnome finally appeared (the browser), every time an action was > attempted the error messages (multiple) reappeared. > > I needed immediate relief since I'm using gnumeric constantly, so I > replaced /sw with a recent backup and went back to the old gnome. > > What ticks me a bit is that 1) while I received the notification that > Gnome2 was being posted, I didn't expect my regular selfupdate-cvs / > update-all routine would wipe out my working stuff (which is how my > Gnome2 upgrade occurred) and, 2) perhaps this is the final indicator > that I belong in the "fink-beginners" group and should stay away from > "unstable" packages! > > > On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 08:00 PM, Alan Rakes wrote: > > > I tried to install manually but no luck. In the finkcommander list, > > it does > > not even show gnome-vfs2-ssl. I have tried multiple selfupdate-cvs > > operations from the command line as well as via finkCommander. I also > > redid > > scan packages but nothing new shows up in the package list that > > resembles > > this package name. Here are some of the name that come close from fink > > commander. > > <snip> > > > Stan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
