[Xastir-Dev] committed xastir shared files directory change
Bob Nielsen
nielsen at oz.net
Wed Jul 2 17:48:04 EDT 2003
I notice that in the scripts directory, there exist migrate-config.sh
and migrate-dirs.sh (dated June 20, by Curt). Are these replaced by
the new ones? I haven't tried them.
Bob, N7XY
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 05:26:27PM -0400, Alan Crosswell wrote:
> At Curt's urging (he's been inhaling paint fumes too much:-) I've committed
> the previously-discussed changes to move the shared files directory from,
> for example, /usr/local/xastir to /usr/local/share/xastir (if you use the
> default --prefix with configure).
>
> I've also added scripts/xastir-migrate.sh and scripts/xastir-fixcfg.sh.
> The former should be run after make install. It moves maps, etc. from the
> old place to the new place. The later script fixes up a user's existing
> xastir.cfg to reflect the new locations.
>
> Please test these changes *a lot* to make sure the migrate and fixcfg
> scripts do the right thing. Make a backup of your maps first!
>
> Once we are happy with the scripts, we can update the INSTALL and/or
> UPGRADE docs to add the steps to run the scripts.
>
> Newbies to xastir will not need to run these scripts at all; They are just
> a one-time transition tool for existing users.
>
> As usual, these files will not show up for 24 hours or so.
> /a
>
>
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