Re: GNOME CVS: gnome-applets hadess

[jacob berkman <jacob ximian com>]

On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 12:22, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 19:42, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > 
> > Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> writes: 
> > > OK, what are the magic lines that work everywhere, don't break packaging
> > > and work for source installs as well ?
> > > 
> > 
> > Packages should contain something like:
> > 
> > export GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL=1
> > %makeinstall
> > unset GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL
> > 
> > and then in %post:
> > 
> > export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
> > gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/<packagename>.schemas > /dev/null
> > 
> > That's the best thing I've come up with so far. If someone has better
> > ideas I'm open to them.
> > 
> > I think a standard --disable-gconf-schema-install configure option
> > might be nicer for packagers, but it requires more work on the part of
> > app developers.
> 
> Not if it's included in some Gconf macro that does all the job for us :)
> Maybe in GCONF_SOURCE_2 for example.
> 
> Thanks for straightening this up Havoc.
> 
> Jacob, would the Makefiles work fine as they are now, or do you want me
> to revert my changes ?

for simplicity (and so it doesn't get propogated elsewhere) i'd rather
it be reverted, if you don't mind.

jacob
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