From kde-devel  Mon Jun 13 17:08:09 2005
From: Albert Chin <kde-devel () mlists ! thewrittenword ! com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:08:09 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: $KDEDIRS?
Message-Id: <20050613170809.GB67996 () mail1 ! thewrittenword ! com>
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On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 06:40:32PM -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Hi! I use SuSE 9.1 (kde 3.2.1) and want to compile kde 3.4.1. I have 
> compiled kde 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 in the past on other distros, so I 
> am not completely new to this procedure. I noticed tha SuSE installs kde 
> in /opt/kde3, but has overriding icons and config files in 
> /etc/opt/kde3. For example, 
> /opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a kmenu.png icon, the 
> kde default, and /etc/opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a 
> kmenu.png, which is a lizard head, and is the kmenu icon. If I delete 
> the lizard head, the icon goes back to the /opt/kde3/.../kmenu.png. I 
> have seen the variable $KDEDIRS pop up in the past, but it isn't set in 
> this case for me. How could I tell the kde I am going to compile to 
> install in /opt/kde3, and look in but not write to /etc/opt/kde3 like 
> SuSE has it? Do I need a patch for kde? Thanks!

Maybe SuSE has a kdeglobals file in /opt/kde3/share/config that has
the following:
  [Directories]
    prefixes=/etc/opt/kde3/...

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albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)
 
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