Subject: Re: KDE Downloaded, What Next ?
To: RiscBSD <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Alex Hayward <xelah@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/29/1998 12:24:29
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Coltman Timothy wrote:
> Joe Oldak wrote:
> > On the subject of KDE - has anyone compiled/used Beta 4 yet? I was wondering
> > if it was worth the hassle of installing it...
> >
>
> I've compiled some of it, I've still got to do the games, graphics and
> network stuff. It takes absolutely ages. There are a couple of bugs in
> the code which need changing for use with NetBSD/RiscBSD but it's nothing
> overly taxing. You just need a spare day to compile and install it. IMHO
> it's worth it in the long run as it's supposed to be much more stable and
> unbuggy.
The KDE packages in the NetBSD pkgsrc tree have been updated to Beta 4,
though it hasn't come through in my sup yet. This ought to have the
necessary patches in it.
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alex@hayward.u-net.com; xelah@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk