On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 02:33:30PM +0200, Achim Bohnet wrote: > Hi, > > /etc/kderc is used by _all_ KDE builds (as long as one does not hack the > cpp source code). This breaks kio_help from KDE CVS (see kio_help thread > on kde-devel http://lists.kde.org/?t=99298269700001&w=2&r=1 ). > Fortunately what can be done with /etc/kderc > can also be done with system.kdegloablas (kdelibs/kdecore/kconfigbackend.cpp) > > So for upcoming KDE 2.2 (and later KDE 2.1?) pkgs , I would like to suggest > something like (modulo typos :) > > if [ -L /etc/kderc ]; then > rm -f /etc/kderc > else > rm -f /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals > mv /etc/kdmrc /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals > fi > ln -s /etc/kde2 /usr/share/config
this is already being done. > or > > mkdir /usr/share/config > if [ -L /etc/kderc ]; then > rm -f /etc/kderc > mv /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals /usr/share/config/ > else > rm -f /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals > mv /etc/kdmrc /usr/share/config/system.kdeglobals > fi > > instead of ln -s /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals /etc/kderc as currently in > kdelibs3.preinst in CVS. I'm not going to use /usr/share/config. > I've verified that my suggestion above works with kdm: > without a /etc/kderc or /usr/share/config/system.kdeglobals > kdm does not find /etc/kde2/kdmrc and therefore nousers config > entry is not found and I get a long list of users. Further log into vergin > account with kde2 and my kde-cvs kdm session and found no problem up to now. > > Others using Debian KDE and a parallel KDE CVS build my try my > suggestion new. Suddenly khelpcenter in KDE CVS works can display the > documentation (wow!!!) (As long as one did not rebuild from CVS since Monday > morning ;) I've been able to use khelpcenter for a while now with the default config that is currently in cvs. In fact I have not touched the /etc/kderc link to /etc/kde2/system... for quite some time. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
