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|    Vince Coen to RJ Clay    |
|    MBSE, Sysops and distros    |
|    16 Aug 15 16:02:31    |
      Hello RJ!              Sunday August 16 2015 14:47, I wrote to you:               > Have now installed 106 over the installed 104 still using /home        > instead of /opt.               > Compiling the build was simple just used               > ./configure --prefix=/home/mbse               > then used the standard su, make install job done.                      > We counld update mbsetup to check if the install is NOT to the        > standard /opt and if so migrate the existing file and msg .data files        > to use the new path. That will remove 98% of any migration.               > The oonly other areas to look at are:               > 1. Check all scripts in ~/etc that the full path is not hard coded        > but using $MBSE_ROOT as originally supplied               > 2. If not using the .profile export of $HOME in crontab to pre-set        > the paths i.e.,               > #Hourly        > 00 0-23 * * * $MBSE_ROOT/etc/hourly                      > then modify the "/opt" to "/home".               > Now migration is complete.              Messed up that crontab line, this is what it should have said:              #Hourly       00 0-23 * * * $HOME/etc/hourly                                   Vince              --- Mageia Linux v4/Mbse v1.0.4/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715        * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK (2:250/1)    |
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