Re: [Help-stow] managing multiple versions of software tools

[Guillaume Morin]

Hi David,

Dans un message du 13 May à 13:07, David T-G écrivait :
>   /mnt
>     /Rep
>       /gcc
>         /2.7.2.2
>           /bin
>         /2.95
>           /bin
>         /3.0.4
>           /bin
>       /perl
>         /5.6.1
>           /bin
>         /5.7.3
>           /bin
>       /python
>         /2.x
>   /usr
>     /2002q2
>       /bin
>         gcc -> 3.0.4 gcc
>         perl -> 5.6.1 perl
>         python -> 2.x python
>   /usr
>     /spec
>       /bin
>         gcc -> 2.95 gcc
>         perl -> 5.7.3 perl
>         python -> 2.x python
> 
> [Of course, the shown links are what are desired.]  Mapping this back
> onto your example, I have multiple flavor directories and a single
> central repository of all versions of perl and of gcc and of whatnot.
> 
> So I should be able to
> 
>   cd /mnt/Rep/gcc ; stow -t /usr/spec 2.95 ; stow -t /usr/2002q2 3.0.4
>   cd /mnt/Rep/perl ; stow -t /usr/spec 5.7.3 ; stow -t /usr/2002q2 5.6.1
> 
> to have a /usr/2002q2/bin directory with symlinks to the gcc and perl
> binaries (and the same for /usr/spec/bin) and then later, if the spec
> project wants to change from 2.95 to 3.0.4, just extract the 2.95 links
> from /usr/spec/... and then fill in fresh links from 3.0.4, right?

Yes, that is right. To remove the links, you'll just have to use stow -D
-t target.

Regards,

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Guillaume Morin <address@hidden>

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