Subject: pkg/19318: gdm package is broken
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/07/2002 22:52:31
>Number: 19318
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: gdm package is broken
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 07 13:53:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Martin Husemann
>Release: NetBSD 1.6K
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD night-porter.duskware.de 1.6K NetBSD 1.6K (PORTER) #0: Sat Dec 7 01:59:43 MET 2002 martin@night-porter.duskware.de:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PORTER i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The gdm pkg does not run anymore.
gdm_config_parse: Authdir /var/gnome/gdm does not exist. Aborting.
Indeed this directory does not exist, because it never used to exist and
the pkg didn't create it nor told me to create it myself.
I don't understand why, because
pkg_info -f gdm | fgrep gdm
shows:
EXEC 'install -d -o daemon -g daemon -m 750 /var/gnome/gdm'
UNEXEC '/bin/rm -rf /var/gnome/gdm'
On a site note: the rc.d script for gdm seems to be installed in
/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d - it's the only file I have in there. It's a place I
never would have expected a rc.d script.
>How-To-Repeat:
cd pkgsrc/x11/gdm && make update && echo "you loose"
>Fix:
n/a
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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