macports 1.7.0 and gnome

[William Davis]

On Dec 7, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Joshua Root wrote:

> William Davis wrote:
>> using MacPorts 1.7.0_rc1 to install gnome (sudo port -d install  
>> gnome) I
>> got this error
>> -->  Activating gnome-session @2.24.1_0
>> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
>> /opt/local/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop is being used by the  
>> active gdm
>> port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force
>> the activation.
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-session):
>> org.macports.activate
>> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-desktop- 
>> suite
>> gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gtkmm cairomm libsigcxx2 glibmm
>> pangomm gnome-terminal gnome-user-docs gnome-utils gnopernicus
>> libgail-gnome libgtkhtml3 seahorse avahi dbus-python25 libdaemon
>> py25-gdbm gpgme gnupg pth vino yelp firefox-x11 zenity
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>> I did
>> sudo port -df activate gnome-session
>> and then resumed the install with
>> sudo port -d install gnome
>> was this correct?
>
> I guess whether it will work or not depends on what the gnome.desktop
> file does. In any case, gdm and/or gnome-session need to be modified  
> so
> they don't conflict.
>
> - Josh

I created Ticket #17567 (new defect) for this.

William Davis
frstanATbellsouthDOTnet
Mac OS X.5.5 Darwin 9.5.0
XQuartz 2.3.2_rc3 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple27)
Mac Mini Intel Duo @ 1.86 GHz

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