[mythtv] Can I have 0.8 *and* CVS installed and working at the same time?

[Andy Davidoff]

My suggestion was that two different databases be known by one name,
depending on which instance was desired.  Is the following more clear?

Setup:
	# install, otherwise generate mythconverg using mythtv-0.8
	mv $MYSQL_DATA/mythconverg $MYSQL_DATA/mythtv-0.8

	# install, otherwise generate mythconverg using mythtv-cvs
	mv $MYSQL_DATA/mythconverg $MYSQL_DATA/mythtv-cvs

Example script:
	#!/bin/sh

	/etc/init.d/mysql stop
	ln -sf $MYSQL_DATA/mythtv-$1 $MYSQL_DATA/mythconverg
	/etc/init.d/mysql start
	mythbackend-$1 && mythfrontend-$1

Usage:
	/above/script cvs	# to use myth(back|front)end-cvs binaries
	/above/script 0.8	# to use myth(back|front)end-0.8 binaries


On Apr 09, at 23:27, Matt Zimmerman encoded a 0.5K recording:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 11:10:48PM -0400, Andy Davidoff wrote:
> > Directories beneath $MYSQL_DATA_DIRECTORY represent separate
> > databases.
>
> Of course.  But you were suggesting the creation of a symlink, which
> would provide the same database by two different names, and NOT
> separate databases.