Bad install defaults for KDElibs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, in the package kdelibs-data the /etc/kderc file is present (its a symlink), this is not very nice since that means it becomes impossible to have another version of KDE running on the same machine. KDE allows multiple versions by using the KDEDIR env-var to be set before calling startkde. Unfortunately the new (own-compiled) version will then find the paths to the /usr/bin and /usr/lib and start using that, getting a nice mix of versions on my desktop. I recommend to use KDEDIR and friends instead of the kderc file. See also: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70208 - -- Thomas Zander -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2bUVCojCW6H2z/QRAj3fAKCwsoTUqn3a6Hfu00ooi8H4yKHIJQCfSMad GVbzYuNbQwsKSIo8R8pyXts= =s6cU -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Bad install defaults for KDElibs
On Friday 12 December 2003 13:31, Thomas Zander wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > in the package kdelibs-data the /etc/kderc file is present (its a > symlink), this is not very nice since that means it becomes impossible to > have another version of KDE running on the same machine. Right. I usualy delete the file. dpkg-divert did not work (tried long ago). > KDE allows multiple versions by using the KDEDIR env-var to be set before > calling startkde. Unfortunately the new (own-compiled) version will then KDEDIR is no solution for Debian because debian follows the fhs and can't install everything under a common root KDEDIR. Next environment var are fragile and error prone. > find the paths to the /usr/bin and /usr/lib and start using that, getting > a nice mix of versions on my desktop. > > I recommend to use KDEDIR and friends instead of the kderc file. No need for KDEDIR(S): KDE std dir lookup includes a) /etc/kderc # used by all KDE installations b) $kdeconf_dir/system.kdeglobals # aka /etc/kde3/ on Debian c) hardcoded stuff in kstandarddirs.cpp(.in) As a) points to b), a) is just a duplicate but at the same time confuses other parallel KDE installations. AFAIR remember most (if not all) vars in system.kdeglobals are identical to compiled in values in kstandarddirs.cpp(.in). All derived from debian/debiandirs file. Summary: get rid of /etc/kderc, Debians KDE will not notice. Achim > > See also: > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70208 > > - -- > Thomas Zander > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/2bUVCojCW6H2z/QRAj3fAKCwsoTUqn3a6Hfu00ooi8H4yKHIJQCfSMad > GVbzYuNbQwsKSIo8R8pyXts= > =s6cU > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To me vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated. You discover truth everytime you use it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#198574: will be fixed in 3.2
The patch has been included in KDE CVS some 2 months ago, and it will thus be fixed in KDE 3.2. cheers domi
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Re: Bad install defaults for KDElibs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:03:40PM +0100, Achim Bohnet wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 13:31, Thomas Zander wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > > in the package kdelibs-data the /etc/kderc file is present (its a > > symlink), this is not very nice since that means it becomes impossible to > > have another version of KDE running on the same machine. > > Right. I usualy delete the file. dpkg-divert did not work (tried long ago). I don't understand why deletion is actually needed as mentioned below, but ymmv. > > KDE allows multiple versions by using the KDEDIR env-var to be set before > > calling startkde. Unfortunately the new (own-compiled) version will then > > KDEDIR is no solution for Debian because debian follows the fhs and can't > install everything under a common root KDEDIR. Next environment var are > fragile and error prone. Indeed, I don't even think if Debian tried to use KDEDIR it would work for the reason mentioned below about how kde_confdir works. > > find the paths to the /usr/bin and /usr/lib and start using that, getting > > a nice mix of versions on my desktop. > > > > I recommend to use KDEDIR and friends instead of the kderc file. > > No need for KDEDIR(S): KDE std dir lookup includes > > a) /etc/kderc # used by all KDE installations > b) $kdeconf_dir/system.kdeglobals # aka /etc/kde3/ on Debian > c) hardcoded stuff in kstandarddirs.cpp(.in) > > As a) points to b), a) is just a duplicate but at the same time > confuses other parallel KDE > installations. AFAIR remember most (if not all) vars in system.kdeglobals > are identical to compiled in values in kstandarddirs.cpp(.in). All derived > from > debian/debiandirs file. If you don't use /etc/kderc and don't store configs in $prefix/share/config (iow use /etc/kde3) then KDE will not know where to locate other files since it forces everything to be located under the $prefix it was installed in. IOW $kdeconf_dir = $prefix/share/config which is hardcoded into the library itself, yes its a f*cking nasty hack (KDE is filled with them), but I don't know how to patch around it cleanly so I just use the /etc/kderc to override it. Also the KDE lookup looks in KDEDIR before /etc/kderc or did the last time I checked. For example: /home/ccheney/.kde/bin/:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/bin/ with KDEDIR=/opt/kde3 it should show as: /home/ccheney/.kde/bin/:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/bin/ Am I missing something? BTW the only things I have listed in system.kdeglobals now are things that differ from upstream KDE since I realized the others weren't really needed. > Summary: get rid of /etc/kderc, Debians KDE will not notice. For reasons noted above KDE definitely would notice... Chris signature.asc Description: Digital signature
KDE_3_1_BRANCH: kdeaddons/debian
CVS commit by benb: New pull from BRANCH. M +4 -2 changelog 1.22.2.16 M +1 -2 control 1.26.2.12 --- kdeaddons/debian/changelog #1.22.2.15:1.22.2.16 @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ kdeaddons (4:3.1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low - * Moved to group maintainership. + * New pull from BRANCH; includes bugfixes for atlantikdesigner and +knewsticker-scripts. + * Fixed syntax errors and other problems with stock.pl (closes: #221845). - -- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:46:04 +1100 + -- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:10:25 +1100 kdeaddons (4:3.1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low --- kdeaddons/debian/control #1.26.2.11:1.26.2.12 @@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ Section: kde Priority: optional -Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers -Uploaders: Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +Maintainer: Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: atlantik-dev, automake1.7, debhelper (>> 4.0.0), gawk, gettext, kdebase-dev, kdelibs4-dev, kdemultimedia-dev, libkdegames-dev, libkonq4-dev, libsdl1.2-dev (>= 1.2.2-3.3), xlibs-pic, xmms-dev Standards-Version: 3.6.1
KDE_3_1_BRANCH: kdeartwork/debian
CVS commit by benb: New pull from BRANCH; added kxsconfig patch to find xscreensaver XML files (this is already fixed in HEAD). Apatches/kxsconfig.diff 1.1.2.1 M +3 -2 changelog 1.20.2.16 M +1 -2 control 1.25.2.12 --- kdeartwork/debian/changelog #1.20.2.15:1.20.2.16 @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ kdeartwork (4:3.1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low - * Moved to group maintainership. + * New pull from BRANCH, including updates for kdeartwork-theme-icon. + * Fixed paths to xscreensaver XML files in kxsconfig (closes: #221974). - -- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:46:04 +1100 + -- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:34:11 +1100 kdeartwork (4:3.1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low --- kdeartwork/debian/control #1.25.2.11:1.25.2.12 @@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ Section: kde Priority: optional -Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers -Uploaders: Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +Maintainer: Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: automake1.7, debhelper (>> 4.0.0), kdebase-dev, kdelibs4-dev, kwin, xlibmesa-gl-dev, xlibmesa-glu-dev, xscreensaver-nognome | xscreensaver Build-Conflicts: nvidia-glx
kdebase still orphaned ?
Hi, Looking on http://packages.qa.debian.org/kdebase, it says that kdebase is still orphaned. the page for kdelibs has correct information about this list maintaining it and such. Does anyone know what is the cause for this ? Did anyone forget to do something to inform the debian people or something like that ? cheers domi
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Bug#215946: /etc/kde3/magic/*.magic
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:01:29PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 03:18:16PM -0600, Chris Cheney wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 05:59:01PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > Until this is properly documented, the bug should not be closed. > > > > > > Also that does not address why KDE need its own mime-magic system. > > > Why not using the /etc/mime-magic file ? > > > > What /etc/mime-magic file, you mean the one that gnome provides?[1] Why > > doesn't gnome use the KDE one? :P All I see that is standard is a > > /etc/magic file which does not include anything that was directly built > > into the file(1) utility, which happens to mean /etc/magic is empty. > > Then why not add mime-magic support to mime-types and share that between > all the program that need it instead of replicating the feature all > along ? It would probably make more sense to have file ship its magic file (the one with the actual data in it). If file provided its magic file then both Gnome and KDE could send their changes to upstream and everyone benefit from it, instead of just forking it. Chris signature.asc Description: Digital signature
