Randy McMurchy wrote:
> DJ Lucas wrote these words on 05/30/05 09:49 CST:
>
>
>>Difficult/Slow/Intelligent way:
>>
>>if [ -f /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
>> /usr/bin/gdm
>> evaluate_retval
>>else
>> # Make certain the /opt/gnome is a symlink to
>> # to the most current /opt/gnome-${VERSION}
>
>
> Why is it important to make a symlink to /opt/gnome? This won't
> work as /opt/gnome is the path for the GNOME-1.4 libraries.
>
Yes correct. My apologies. My intent was so that we could call
/opt/gnome/bin/gdm and not have to worry about which version.
Perhaps it's time to update gnome-1.x section to use an alternate path.
We already use this same technique for multiple packages in the book
that are installed into the /opt prefix. Ant, FOP, JDK, KDE, OpenOffice,
and QT to name a few. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking that most users will
use gnome-2.x as opposed to gnome-1.x, but I doubt it...even still
packagemajor could work too (gnome2).
Anyway, I'm way OT for this thread, especially seeing a good method has
already been decided.
-- DJ Lucas
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