On 2003.10.21 15:32 Melvin Hadasht wrote: > Maybe you have some problems because you have an old distribution > and many software evolved since. If you need to try newer software > without sacrifying the stability of your original sofware, I'd suggest > making use of the $prefix stuff. For everything you compile yourself > or you want to try, use a special prefix (e.g. $HOME/tests/). > If you're satisfied, recompile with a /usr/local prefix so the users > will benefit from newer versions. There will always be the distribution > specific software in /usr. /usr should be the most stable versions. Dear Melvin, I'm afraid this computer (the one I have the problem with) is used as our primary test program for developing software. We try to have it as "standard as possible" and we go through a strict and demanding review process before we upgrade or modify anything (and I have the final word on things). Most of the things installed are from packages, the new GTK 2 software is installed from source though. --Tara _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
