On 08/09/05, Marc Matteo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Paul Tomlin wrote:
> > I don't seem to be able to get > > the 2.8 packages for 3.7 to allow me to associate files with > > applications [via File/Properties] and I don't see any "Open with" > > menu when right-clicking a file. > > Yep, Gnome loves to rely on these little apps from freedesktop.org that > are someone's implementation of the good idea du jour. desktop-file-utils > is one such tool and it snuck in there w/o warning or fallback mechanism. That's pretty much what I thought from a bit of google > > I discovered some errors in the logs noting that > > "update-desktop-databse" couldn't be found and managed to get a > > package [devel/desktop-file-utils] built from ports. > > devel/desktop-file-utils doesn't appear to have an OPENBSD_3_7 > > version, so I'm not sure if I horked it trying to keep /usr/ports > > reasonably in line with the base install. > > Yes and no. desktop-file-utils didn't make it into 3.7 (my mistake) and > while the code hasn't changed much, it's not a great idea mixing ports > from different releases. > > > cd /somewhere > [snip] > > make package > > It works... but you got lucky :). I was hoping the small codebase meant simple codebase and I'd slip through un-noticed. Like you say, I got lucky. > > I just wondered about package install sequence because there is some > > issue (which I also ran into) with gconf getting confused which > > re-installing libgnome cures > > (http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings/index.php?p=66) > > That page talks about Fedora. Gconf is one gnomeism that's actually been > working reasonably well for us. The error with the themes happened with me too, and re-installing (pkg_add -r) libgnome did indeed cure it, so, although he was talking about Fedora, to me it looks like libgnome might have been expecting something installed prior to itself so that it can config correctly, possibly missing a requirement in the Makefile. But no obvious or common reason for the application associations not working? I figure it's your port, if you don't know then I'd better get a little more aquainted with what's actually happening under the gnome hood.
