[mythtv-users] stable and bleeding edge together peacefully?
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon Nov 28 15:37:11 EST 2005
On Thursday 24 November 2005 7:39, David Raine wrote:
> >I just got the 0.18.1 working (from .deb) on a fresh debian sid
> >install
> >(after giving up on KnoppMyth R22) and I am wondering whether it is
> >possible to compile and install the SVN head so it would be able to
> >coexist on the same setup where I got the 0.18.1 stable working?
> >
> >Note that puting SVN to /usr/local (while the stable lays in /usr)
> >and
> >renaming the database (I don't mind keeping two databases) might not
> >be
> >enough so I decided to ask if someone runs such setup successfully.
>
> I have both on my system - 0.18.1 for the g/f (stable, no change to
> behaviour) and latest SVN for when she's out and I can try out the
> bleeding
> edge.
>
> I installed one to prefix=/usr/local/mythSVN and the other to
> prefix=/usr/local/mythSTABLE. I then have a script that removes and
> recreates symlinks to /usr/local/myth as required - this way I don't
> have to
> change the PATH for the mythytv user. I do have to re-run ldconfig
> after the
> symlinks are set up to make sure the libraries are referenced OK.
This is *exactly* what GNU stow is for.
http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
-JAC
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