[kde-solaris] pkgs gone to??

[Eva Brucherseifer]

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> Well, after reading "the whole" thread it sounds like there are
> productionplatforms for kde 3.1 for sparc solaris 7,8,9 -:)

Actually the platforms are binary compatible, so I wonder, if we really need 
to duplicate the work. 

BTW, is there any interest in KDE 3.0.x or a security update to KDE 2.2.2?

>
> So prototype files and a small makefile seems to be helpfull.
>
> My way to create these files is to install every kde tarball to an empty
> target directory, run pkgproto and edit the resulting file to make it

This is how we built KDE 3.0.1. After some search I found the Makefiles we 
used last time. You'll find them here:
http://www.rtr.tu-darmstadt.de/~eva/download/KDEsolaris.tar

> relocatable (just get rid of the BASEDIR variable). This way pkgadd will
> ask the installer where to go.

You also need to compile all packages relocatable. Otherwise QT/KDE will not 
work at another location.

>
> Does anybody knows about pre- or postinstall stuff?
> From my point of view there are none, but I must experience it ...

No, we didn't use it. I added some config files for dtlogin and the 
install/build instructions to the tar file, maybe it is of help.

Greetings,
eva

>
> regards
> rainald
>
> On Tuesday 17 December 2002 16:13, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 December 2002 15:05, Matthew Day wrote:
> > > I found all the 3.0.1 pkg's on a cd i had made last time, so i got kde
> > > up up and running in about 15 minutes :-) i'll be happy to upload them
> > > somewhere, i also have the dt login config files..  i'll see if i can
> > > put them on my works webserver...
> >
> > And these packages still have the same _serious_ security issues as those
> > that were on download.kde.org...
> > So far I didn't hear about any web pages with eval urls that can
> > compromise your system, but I am sure, it's only a matter of time. So I
> > think, we better put energy into getting fixed packages than spreading
> > the old ones more than necessary.
> >
> > eva
> >
> > > Matt
> > >
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