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On Wednesday 02 January 2002 15:42, you wrote: |
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> Although I understand (I think) why the use of KDEDIR=/usr, may I offer it |
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> makes it rather hard for those of use who want/need to run multiple |
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> versions of KDE. |
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> May I offer that the /usr/kde/2 and /usr/kde/3 that you all ready have |
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> the kdelibraries be the actual kdedir as well? |
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Well, this suggestion was raised before but we decded against it. For one |
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thing, you'd still have to juggle paths the way you do now. In any case it |
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was decided that providing support for one version of any app (and multiple |
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kdes) is enough. |
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> One could then make a base |
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> symlink to the active on (as well as qt libraries). that way the |
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> ld.conf.so and path's dont have to be modified everytime, just the link. |
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Are they being modified now? Not as far as I know, just being set in |
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/etc/env.d. The only "dynamic" modification going on is in startkde (PATH) |
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and I may get rid of that as well. |
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The KDEDIR etc. settings and configuration have just come out of a prolonged |
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state of flux; things are still settling down. |
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I am currently running a combined KDE2/3 for the first time and am working out |
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the best way to implement this in ebuilds. I should be able to give you a |
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satisfying answer in a couple of days from now, when I have all the quirks |
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worked out. |
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> The way it is at the moment, with all kde apps going into /usr/bin, trynig |
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> to run two kdes (and switching back and forth) is rather difficult. |
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Well, one thing I can tell you right now is this: the generic Gentoo KDE setup |
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does not, and will not, include support for mutiple KDEs. If you want to run |
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multiple KDEs yourself, expect the Portage-installed KDE to make trouble. For |
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one thing, since it lives in /usr, it has an unpleasant tendency to get into |
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the beginning of your PATH, before any other KDE. |
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I will try to provide a more satisfcatory solution, but the Gentoo KDE will |
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still come first in my priorities. So if you want to have multiple KDEs on a |
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permanent basis (what for? testing?), you might consider not installing a KDE |
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from portage at all. That way all you KDEs would be on an equal footing, but |
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you'd lose all the nice things we put into the KDE ebuilds. |
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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Matan, Israel |
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