On Apr 2, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Craig Heilman wrote:
> This brings up a question for me. I've heard differing
> recommendations on how to tell the OS which version of an
> application to use. Bill outlines one method. Another method
> involves simply changing your path to include /usr/local/bin and/or
> other "preferred" directories before the standard directories. For
> example, I have the following in my ~/.bash_profile:
>
> export PATH="/opt/subversion/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
>
> Which method is "safest" in the face of OS updates and the like?
IMO, best method is any that does not touch /bin or /usr/bin. Changes
to those directories (i.e. replacing files with others or links) are
sure to eventually break after an O/S update.
I (personally) would handle it one of two ways:
1) A mechanism in the program if supported (which it sounds like
BBEdit does);
2) Modifying PATH like your example
> On Apr 1, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Bill Hernandez wrote:
>
>> This FIXED it for me...
>>
>> [2009.01.04](06:13PM) -> [roscoe] ~ $ sudo mv /usr/bin/svn /usr/bin/
>> svn_144
>> Password:
>>
>> [2009.01.04](06:14PM) -> [roscoe] ~ $ which svn
>> /opt/local/bin/svn
>>
>> [2009.01.04](06:14PM) -> [roscoe] ~ $ sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/svn /
>> usr/bin/svn
>>
>> [2009.01.04](06:15PM) -> [roscoe] ~ $
>>
>> BBEdit is very happy now, and SVN works...
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