Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Alex Alexander
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 23:07, Volker Armin Hemmannvolkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: please explain me why this option is bad? I can give you examples why it is good: -you can have multiple versions of kde installed (well, you could in the past, until someone started to put crap into

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Sebastian Redl
Alex Alexander wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 23:07, Volker Armin Hemmannvolkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: please explain me why this option is bad? I can give you examples why it is good: -you can have multiple versions of kde installed (well, you could in the past, until someone

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 12 Juni 2009, Alex Alexander wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 23:07, Volker Armin Hemmannvolkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: please explain me why this option is bad? I can give you examples why it is good: -you can have multiple versions of kde installed (well, you could in the

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Mark Haney
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 12 Juni 2009, Alex Alexander wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 23:07, Volker Armin Hemmannvolkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: please explain me why this option is bad? I can give you examples why it is good: -you can have multiple versions of kde

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Alex Alexander
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 14:16, Volker Armin Hemmannvolkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Freitag 12 Juni 2009, Alex Alexander wrote: Do I need to remind you that kde's own documentation once said that you should install into /opt? into its own directory? Maybe that changed, but the 'not

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Alex Alexander
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 15:13, Mark Haneymha...@ercbroadband.org wrote: Wow, I didn't realize I was opening up such a hornet's nest.  I don't /need/ kdeprefix as such.  But, the fact is I used it because there were (and still are AFAIK) apps that require the KDE3.5 libs (k3b in particular) and

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 12 Juni 2009, Alex Alexander wrote: they still help if the update breaks your system =] they don't help too much with kde-live (because of that I copy the packages from /usr/packges into a backup dir before the update starts.) you should keep ~/.kde4 backups manually anyway :)

[gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Mark Haney
Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me? * WARNING! You have kdeprefix useflag enabled. * This setting is strongly discouraged and might lead to potential troubles * with

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Markos Chandras
Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me? * WARNING! You have kdeprefix useflag enabled. * This setting is strongly discouraged and might lead to potential troubles *

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me? * WARNING! You have kdeprefix useflag enabled. * This setting is

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Markos Chandras
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me? * WARNING! You have kdeprefix useflag enabled. * This

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me? *

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Markos Chandras
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of the message. Can someone enlighten me?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import of

Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE and kdeprefix

2009-06-11 Thread Markos Chandras
On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: On Donnerstag 11 Juni 2009, Markos Chandras wrote: Barring the somewhat humorous ending to this warning from my latest updates to KDE, I'm a little concerned by the import