> > Yeah, jhbuild is /supposed/ to be easy. Running CVS versions can be hard
> > though, even with a tool that supposedly makes the build easy. ;)
> > 
> > I'd recommend GARNOME [1], if you want to test particular apps/versions
> > or the entire GNOME Desktop. It does not use CVS versions but released
> > tarballs (either stable or unstable), so building it does not depend on
> > the current state of CVS...
> > GARNOME is designed to not interfere with your existing installs, so
> > it's safe for testing. Regardless if you build Evo by jhbuild or
> > GARNOME, the deps sure are the same and automatically build by GARNOME.
> 
> I downloaded Garnome to take a look, but haven't tried it yet since I
> figured out that my problem with 2.5.1 was a missing hal-devel RPM.

GARNOME ships with almost all necessary bootstrap. In particular, the
proper hal version is built by GARNOME automagically.


> I'll
> keep it in mind for future reference, though it's not clear from the
> docs whether you can just compile the parts you want or have to install
> (or at least compile) an entire Gnome desktop, which I *don't* want.

You can build Evo only -- kind of. All deps to keep it sane will be
built, you do not need to build the entire Desktop.

$ make -C desktop/evolution paranoid-install


> > Oh, and you can get support by me. ;-)  </ad>
> 
> You may live to regret making that offer :-)

Hehe, maybe. ;)  But then again I'm hanging out in #garnome anyway, and
answering list posts...

...guenther


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