I normally export a custom OPAMROOT environment variable rather than move files around.
-anil > On 26 Jan 2015, at 14:49, Gabriel Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > > opam-devel, is there a recommended fool-proof way to save an opam root before > installing another OPAM version to experiment with it, and be able to come > back to one's usual environment? > > I'd like to test Jon's packages, but I'm a bit wary of losing/corrupting the > dozen of switches I have already. I'm thinking of basically > mv ~/.opam ~/.opam.bak > <uninstall my opam> > <try the packages then uninstall them> > mv ~/.opam.bak ~/.opam > <reinstall my opam> > > If there is nothing wrong with this approach, it might be useful to document > it somewhere -- it's not in the developer manual for example. This could be > useful when asking users to test beta-releases of OPAM as well (I know I was > unhappy when I tested 1.2 and my repository format was silently updated to > 1.2, making it harder to go back). > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Jon Ludlam <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to ask for help with testing the RPMs I've built for opam > for Fedora. > > I've submitted a some review requests to get opam into Fedora. This has > involved getting 6 other packages into RPMs as there was pushback on > using the bundled libraries as part of the RPM > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060436 > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060436>). These are going > through the usual process of being reviewed, but I thought it would be > useful to test them from a functional perspective too. The top-level > review request is here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185099 > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185099> > > For ease of testing, I have built them using copr, Fedora's build > service, and the RPMs can be installed directly from there. There > are instructions on how to do that on the project page: > > https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/jonludlam/opam/ > <https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/jonludlam/opam/> > > I'd be really grateful if anyone had a few minutes to look and see if > there's anything obviously wrong with them. > > Thanks a lot! > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > opam-devel mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel > <http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel> > > _______________________________________________ > opam-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
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