Re: Issues with Debian packages of KDE3 and locally installed software
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On Monday 11 November 2002 1:54 pm, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> (aside: please Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed)
>
> Michael Schuerig <schuerig@acm.org> writes:
> > On Monday 11 November 2002 02:03, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> > > This appears to be some sort of problem with the KDE settings: the
> > > search is performed from what appears to be a library function,
> > > "locate", and this function doesn't search in /usr/local for data
> > > files.
> >
> > It searches in KDEDIRS (plural, see below) and ~/.kde
> >
> > > Presumably there's a setting in the KDE libraries that could get it
> > > to behave properly. I tried modifying /etc/kderc, but it seems to be
> > > ignored, or maybe my guess at what should be in this (entirely
> > > undocumented) file was wrong. After poking around a bit more, I
> > > tried setting KDEDIRS to /usr/local, and the program ran.
> > >
> > > This probably should be fixed in the packages (preferably before
> > > you release them to unstable, or at least a bit afterwards)
> >
> > No, the packages are fine, as far as I can tell. Just set KDEDIRS
> > appropriately. I have the following line in /etc/environment
> >
> > KDEDIRS=/usr:/usr/local/kde:/usr/local
>
> Hi,
>
> I think you misunderstood me -- a default installation of Debian KDE3
> does not allow programs to be installed in /usr/local. This is Not Right.
> I don't care if I can work around it by setting an environment variable,
> changing a config file, or standing on my head and reciting the alphabet
> backwards, it should work properly in the first place.
>
Calc,
I had a quick look in kstandarddirs.cpp. I think we need to add
"prefixes=/usr/local" to /etc/kderc. I haven't tested this yet, but I will
try later. I don't know if we need to include /usr in there too. I doubt that
we do.
I don't think that we should support any more locations as standard. Maybe a
note in README.Debian about $KDEDIRS.
- --
David Pashley
david@davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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