> I normally export a custom OPAMROOT environment variable rather than move > files around.
Both exportring OPAMROOT and renaming~/.opam should work fine (I think it's cleaner to export OPAMROOT, though). Thomas > > -anil > >> On 26 Jan 2015, at 14:49, Gabriel Scherer <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel > > _______________________________________________ > opam-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
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