Compiling gnome 2.5.3

[Marcus Schuetz]

PFJ said the following on 02/06/04 08:22:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm 99% certain that there is something rather amiss with the rawhide
> rpms of the gnome 2.5.3 branch. I say that as when I used the rawhide
> versions, a normally very stable machine became unstable in places. When
> I compiled them myself (so I could get Evolution to work), things became
> more stable again.
> 
> It could just be me though.
> 
> I've now downloaded the entire source tree for the 2.5.3 branch (the
> Gnome website says 2.5.4 should have been out a few days back). Is there
> any particular order in which I need to compile the sources or can I
> start at a and go through to z. I imagine it would be a good idea to
> compile the lib* directories first.
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul

I have a few problems with the rawhide rpms as well, but after some help 
from the mailing lists it is - while not yet perfect - in a a least 
working condition. My biggest beef was the not working trash which got 
fixed by changing a line in 
/usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_VFS_Daemon.server (thanks again, sangu)

<oaf_info>

<oaf_server iid="OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_Daemon_Factory"
         type="exe" location="/usr/src/build/345256-i386/install/usr/
libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon">

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modified GNOME_VFS_Daemon.server file

<oaf_info>

<oaf_server iid="OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_Daemon_Factory"
         type="exe" location="/usr/libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon">

so I am not that desperate to compile gnome by hand :-). As for the 
compilation order, you can't just go off and compile it in any order :-) 
There is a guide for 2.4 which should be valid for 2.5 as well : 
http://www.karubik.de/gig/ . Or you can try to use GARNOME or jhbuild. 
As for me, I'll just wait :-)

Good luck

:: Marcus