[haiku-development] Re: Tracker add-on Terminal opener

  • From: Chris Roberts <cpr420@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:16:34 -0600

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:58 PM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:47:25PM -0600, Chris Roberts wrote:
>> Are you running an old revision of Haiku? You need to remove any 'cd'
>> commands from /etc/profile if you're running a revision older than
>> r30674.
> Ah.  OK -- didn't know that was there...  (Was it functional at any time?
> Removing it doesn't seem to affect opening the Terminal any other way.)

It was functional if you manually edited /etc/profile.  I used to have
a note in the ReadMe included in the package but removed it with the
latest version.  Is it still not working for you?  We can take the
discussion off list if you need assistance with it.


>> Although it could be made to compile for BeOS fairly easy,  the binary
>> on bebits was compiled for Haiku.
> 'Twould be useful to note that on the BeBits page... (:-/)  I went back
> and checked and see no reference.  (You also might want to note possible
> profile conflicts too.  Even though the command has now been removed,
> earlier versions -- like mine --, or user changes, might interfere.)

I have added a note to the bebits page. It would be nice if bebits had
a Haiku option to the version requirements form when submitting apps.


--Chris

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