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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: depclean wants to wipe out KDE3
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:35:37
Message-Id: 20081222123524.76927fed@krikkit
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: depclean wants to wipe out KDE3 by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:37:08 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2
3 > > Because /usr/bin will always be in your PATH, so even if you are
4 > > running a KDE 3 session, KDE4 programs will be loaded.
5 >
6 > Why would they? /usr/kde/3.5/bin comes first in KDE 3 sessions and
7 > last in KDE 4 sessions. There's no problem at all.
8
9 Not here
10
11 % echo $PATH
12 /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i486-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/home/nelz/bin
13
14 Keeping the programs separate seems a more robust approach than hoping
15 they will be found in the right order. I would never recommend anyone to
16 use two KDE slots without kdeprefix.
17
18
19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

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[gentoo-user] Re: depclean wants to wipe out KDE3 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>