Re: [Fwd: Re: [Dlc-discuss] [Fwd: Linux fragmentation and desktop standards]]
Maks Orlovich <[email protected]>
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On Saturday 12 April 2003 03:08 pm, Daniel Cassidy wrote: > On Saturday 12 April 2003 12:11 am, Maks Orlovich wrote: > > > One problem here though, is that it seems to me to be very difficult to > > > build KDE programs so that they work in a seperate hierarchy to KDE > > > itself, i.e. if you install KDE in /usr, it seems to be necessary to > > > install KDE programs in /usr too. This, IMO, is a design fault of KDE. > > > > Not difficult at all. You just need to export KDEDIRS, or edit /etc/kderc > > I'd agree with you if someone figures out a standard way for RPMs and > install scripts to modify KDEDIRS as necessary when programs are installed > to different locations. Although I don't see why this should be necessary > anyway. /etc/profile.d, or scriptlets. It is necessary since the "locate my data file" code needs to know where to search for files, and, further, it should IMHO be controllable in a single place for all apps for admin purposes. Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent KDE or the author's employer.