On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 09:34:27PM +0100, Petr Stehlik wrote: > Carl Reynolds p??e v ?t 10. 01. 2006 v 11:35 -0500: > > >On another note, it's possible to run SVN and stable backends on > > >the same machine - maybe I'll put up a Howto, ... > > > I hope you do put up that HowTo. That would be really useful. > > it's nothing more than "./configure with different --prefix=/path > and let /etc/ld.so.conf contain a folder that would in fact be a > symlink to /path/lib of the myth installation you want to run, and > do a similar thing for $PATH". > > Example: one myth ./configure-d to "/stable", the other one to > "/unstable". In "/etc/ld.so.conf" added path to "/whatever/lib" and > in $PATH added entry "/whatever/bin". And the "/whatever" is a > symlink to either "/stable" or "/unstable". And run "ldconfig" > whenever you change the symlink. That's all.
It's not that simple. If the SVN involves a database schema upgrade, you won't necessarily be able to safely run your stable backend anymore. (unless you're actually making copies of your database and media files as well ...) --Rob
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