27290 – Bug on install msn4lin

Bug 27290 - Bug on install msn4lin

Summary: Bug on install msn4lin

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2003-08-25 05:14 UTC by wan
Modified:	2003-09-08 05:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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msn4lin-0.4f-gentoo.diff (msn4lin-0.4f-gentoo.diff,1.78 KB, text/plain) 2003-09-07 03:59 UTC, Theofilos Intzoglou	Details
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Description wan 2003-08-25 05:14:59 UTC

When i try install msn4lin via emerge msn4lin, next i try run the msn4lin , I
got....

WAN:wan# msn4lin
Error in startup script: couldn't open "/usr/share/msn4lin/leeme.txt": no such
file or directory
    while executing
"open "/usr/share/msn4lin/leeme.txt" r"
    (procedure "msn4lin_draw_about2" line 12)
    invoked from within
"msn4lin_draw_about2"
    invoked from within
"if {$version != $config(last_client_version)} {
  msn4lin_draw_about2
}"
    (file "/usr/bin/msn4lin" line 2739)
WAN:wan# ls /usr/share/m
man              metatheme-glade  misc             msn4lin-tcl
metacity         mime-info        mplayer
WAN:wan# cd /usr/share/
WAN:share# ln -s msn4lin-tcl/ msn4lin

Making a symbolic link the msn4lin runed all right...

Comment 1 Jon Portnoy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-25 11:45:10 UTC

Wrong product.

Reassigning.

Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-28 00:18:10 UTC

which version ?

from ebuild:
 ln -sf /usr/share/msn4lin-tcl/msn4lin ${D}/usr/bin/msn4lin

Comment 3 wan 2003-08-28 04:49:58 UTC

WAN:wan# emerge -s msn4lin
Searching...
[ Results for search key : msn4lin ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
                                                                                
*  net-im/msn4lin
      Latest version available: 0.4f
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 189 kB
      Homepage:    http://msn4lin.sourceforge.net/
      Description: Tcl/tk MSN Messenger client for linux
                                                                                
                                                                                
WAN:wan#

WAN:wan# cat /etc/*release
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.8p1
WAN:wan#

Comment 4 Theofilos Intzoglou 2003-09-07 03:59:54 UTC

Created attachment 17214 [details]
msn4lin-0.4f-gentoo.diff

Try replacing the file in /usr/portage/net-im/msn4lin/files/ with the one
attached

Comment 5 roger55 (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-07 04:09:40 UTC

with the diff file in place it works. 
(msn4lin-0.4f-gentoo.diff) 
 
roger55

Comment 6 wan 2003-09-08 05:05:27 UTC

OK..... it functioned!

thanks people...