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   Vince Coen to Andrew Leary   
   MBSE, Sysops and distros   
   17 Aug 15 12:46:47   
   
   Hello Andrew!   
      
   Sunday August 16 2015 11:55, you wrote to me:   
      
    > Hello Vince!   
      
    > 16 Aug 15 14:47, you wrote to RJ Clay:   
      
    VC>> Have now installed 106 over the installed 104 still using /home   
    VC>> instead of /opt.   
      
    VC>> Compiling the build was simple  just used   
      
    VC>> ./configure --prefix=/home/mbse   
      
    VC>> then used the standard su, make install  job done.   
      
    > Good; I thought that should work for you.   
      
    VC>> We counld update mbsetup to check if the install is NOT to the   
    VC>> standard /opt and if so migrate the existing file and msg .data   
    VC>> files to use the new path. That will remove 98% of any migration.   
      
    > I will look at this, or maybe a separate program to read the .data   
    > files are rewrite them with the updated path.   
      
   Thanks,  I did take a look at the code via mbsetup but it is beyond my C    
   skills   
   to understand what exactly is required.   
      
   I just do the easy stuff :)   
      
      
   Vince   
      
   --- Mageia Linux v4/Mbse v1.0.4/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715   
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