From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN,DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from moutvdom01.kundenserver.de ([195.20.224.200]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15k4Dw-0002bN-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:50:40 -0600 Received: from [195.20.224.208] (helo=mrvdom01.schlund.de) by moutvdom01.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15k4DA-0000tY-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:49:52 +0200 Received: from p3ee22367.dip.t-dialin.net ([62.226.35.103] helo=kissthree) by mrvdom01.schlund.de with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15k4Bx-0006bW-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:48:37 +0200 From: "Sebastian Werner" To: Subject: AW: [gentoo-dev] gpm & mozilla bugs -- Suggestion for Portage extensions Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In-Reply-To: <20010920153250.A32755@prosalg.no> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Sep 20 07:51:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:49:41 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: e495660d-7dd4-44c1-aa44-a030a026d7e4 X-Archives-Hash: c9ec84feb7bedab9464c831d5de790a9 Isn't it possible to copy the files, which mozilla creates on the first start as root. We could add these files as patch to the mozilla archive. So we don't hae the problem to must start mozilla first. I like to have a system which works without to much work after installation... Sebastian -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org [mailto:gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org]Im Auftrag von Karl Trygve Kalleberg Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 15:33 An: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Betreff: Re: [gentoo-dev] gpm & mozilla bugs -- Suggestion for Portage extensions On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:52:34AM +0200, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > tor 2001-09-20 klockan 01.46 skrev Morgan Christiansson: > > Hi! > > > *mozilla-0.9.3 segfaults when started as non-root, mozilla-bin-0.9.4 > > doesn't work either. > > Hmm, you have to first start mozilla as root (once after install), then > it should be fine to run it as any user. The ebuild should inform the user of this caveat. In fact, we should have some kind of global notices for the portage system. When an ebuild has required or suggested post-install steps, these should be added to the notices list. The user would then do: # notices to list all notices # notices mozilla to list all notices pertaining to mozilla # notices --del mozilla to delete all notices pertaining to mozilla For very many packages, it would be nice for the user to have an archive of required, manual post-install steps. The entry in the notices list may be a complete step-by-step howto for trivial stuff, or a reference to a real howto on our website. It might be of interest to be able to mark notices as done, but still be able to bring them back at a later stage, when one wants to reconfigure a package. # notices --purge will delete the notices for good # notices --del will just remove it from the list of active notices # notices --undel will reinstate the notice In other distros, (Debian), required manual intervention in the post-install step is covered by the apt's menu-system. We might not want to do this, leaving the details and timing to the user. Karl T _______________________________________________ gentoo-dev mailing list gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org http://cvs.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev