[wplug] Managing updates

[Weber, Lawrence A]

I like getting rid of the old versions so there is no chance for a new
version to grab a header/library/etc from an old version.  Also disk
space is an issue. 


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Lawrence A. Weber
Consulting Engineer
>ANSALDO STS
>Union Switch & Signal
>1000 Technology Drive
>Pittsburgh, PA  15219-3120
>Ph: 412-688-2319
>Email:  laweber at switch.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Mackenzie Morgan
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:34 PM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] Managing updates

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 12:13 -0400, Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
> I did this so I could test the new version without destroying my older

> version.  Now that it works, how do I go about moving it to /bin?
> There are numerous components and I am concerned that a manual move 
> will miss something.  Is my only option to rebuild it with --prefix 
> set to /bin?  I could leave it in /usr/local but then how do I remove 
> ALL of the old version?

If your $PATH has /usr/local/ first, why bother getting rid of the old
one?  And if you're not getting updates anymore, that version of that
distro is probably not supported anymore, leaving you with security
holes.

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Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
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