macports 1.7.0 and gnome

[Joshua Root]

William Davis wrote:
> using MacPorts 1.7.0_rc1 to install gnome (sudo port -d install gnome) I
> got this error
> -->  Activating gnome-session @2.24.1_0
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> /opt/local/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop is being used by the active gdm
> port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force
> the activation.
> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-session):
> org.macports.activate
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-desktop-suite
> gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gtkmm cairomm libsigcxx2 glibmm
> pangomm gnome-terminal gnome-user-docs gnome-utils gnopernicus
> libgail-gnome libgtkhtml3 seahorse avahi dbus-python25 libdaemon
> py25-gdbm gpgme gnupg pth vino yelp firefox-x11 zenity
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> 
> I did
> sudo port -df activate gnome-session
> and then resumed the install with
> sudo port -d install gnome
> was this correct?

I guess whether it will work or not depends on what the gnome.desktop
file does. In any case, gdm and/or gnome-session need to be modified so
they don't conflict.

- Josh