system-tools-backends 2.10.0/Gnome System Tools

[willimm]

Since we are deciding to update to the latest LFS SVN (soon to be 6.7), and use Gnome 2.30 (and then 3), I think I have a new package to include: Gnome System Tools. These are graphical system configuration tools, and the requred deps are:

• Liboobs, which is CMMI, and requires DBUS-Glib and System-tools-backends (which I think should be installed in /usr, due to the fact that if you don't, then Gnome-system-tools can't start.).
• Nautilus
• Polkit-gnome
• Wireless-tools

To install the package:

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-system-tools &&
make

As the root user, run make install.

Also, there is a new version of system-tools-backends, 2.10.0. I have attempted to add LFS support to that package, but my patch is imcomplete. If anyone would help me with that patch, it would be really helpful. (The bugzilla that has that patch is ​https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624299)

Hopefully, we can get Gnome-system-tools into LFS, which would be really useful.

[willimm]

I've tweaked around with the system-tools-backends patch, by adding ifnames support and allow for decting of LFS systems. It's ready for use now, you can find it in the Bugzilla ticket.

[willimm]

Wayne, I've noticed that you've added Gnome System Tools to the book. However, you are using a development version of system-tools-backends (2.9.4 as compared to the latest version, 2.10.1), and you never thought about my patch (even asking you to test it directly by emailing you). So this ticket is only half finished, and what should be done is to update System-tools-backends to 2.10.1 and use my patch in the Bugzilla ticket to add LFS support, as by the instructions of the book right now, Gnome System Tools is broken.

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Milestone 6.5 deleted

[Randy McMurchy]

Updated milestone to 6.7

[willimm]

This ticket depends on #3145, because the LFS support can't be finished without unifying the DHCP configuration files. Also, it would be nice to add Wifi support to LFS as well.

[Armin K]

system-tools-backends was present in the book during gnome 2.30 era. Currently book has migrated to gnome 3.2 which doesn't seem to use system-tools-backends. I will mark it as fixed (should be was fixed).

[bdubbs@…]

Milestone 6.7 deleted