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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
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  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] What Version Should I Be Using To Help With Testing
  • Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:32:29 -0700

Quoting Kevin Monceaux <Kevin AT RawFedDogs.net>:

Fellow SMGL enthusiasts,
<snip as Jeremy replied to most of it>
After the initial install, rebuild, and system-update I tried casting
kde-profile in hopes of checking out Source Mage's GUI system. For the most
part I use console-based apps but installing KDE gives any source-based
distribution a thurough workout. Several spells needed X libraries and I
selected xorg each time I was prompted to choose an X server. Then, sorcery
tried to cast some of the spells that needed X before casting xorg. The end
result was that some spells failed causing many others to be skipped. So,
now I've got an xorg cast running. I'm guessing sorcery should have cast
the spells in the appropriate dependency order.

Welcome to the Valley, Kevin. :)

The problem you describe is most likely due to missing dependencies. Sorcery itself supports full dependency ordering, but that only works in so far as the packages themselves describe the correct dependencies. :) So if you do run into this problem please file bugs about which packages are missing which dependencies. Usually looking at the compile log of the failed spell is enough, as it's something like, "Cannot find -lX11", meaning there's no X installed yet. ;) Or just include the compile log and we'll figure it out.

Be sure to ask if you have any questions and we'll do our best to help you out.

Thanks!

-sandalle

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  • Re: [SM-Users] What Version Should I Be Using To Help With Testing, Eric Sandall, 10/07/2007

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