[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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