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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:57:22 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> And how is putting KDE4 in /usr/kde going to help in this? What |
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>> difference does it make if the wrong path is chosen? Surely, it |
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>> doesn't matter a bit how that path looks like if it's wrong. If a KDE4 |
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>> path would come before a KDE3 path in a KDE3 session, the last thing |
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>> you care about is whether that path is /usr/bin or /usr/kde/4.1/bin. |
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> Because /usr/bin will always be in your PATH, so even if you are running a |
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> KDE 3 session, KDE4 programs will be loaded. By keeping the separate,not |
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> only from one another but also from other programs, you can ensure that |
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> your PATH includes only KDE3 or KDE4 programs. |
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So to clarify a bit more, for me at least. If you login to KDE 3.5 then |
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/usr/kde/3.5/bin is in your path but not /usr/kde/kde/4.*. The same |
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could be said in the reverse I assume? |
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If you don't use the flag and login to KDE 3.5 then all the KDE 4.* |
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stuff is in your path and anytime you try to open a KDE 3.5 app, it sees |
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the KDE 4.* apps first? Correct? If it is, I can only imagine how |
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confused a computer would be. |
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I wonder if a person could change the order that those paths are |
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searched? Could you put in a config file somewhere to search one first |
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then the others or would that just not work well in the reverse situation? |
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I think I am out of cents again. o~o I'm starting to see why this is |
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so confusing to a computer now. Whew ! |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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