On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 11:27 -0400, Stewart Dean wrote: > I know how to run a second instance of the *base* code (to check > different functionality/config) and documented it in > http://wiki.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot > > What I realize I don't know how to do is to run an altogether different > version or build of the code as that second instance, which would be > good to have to check out upgrades before they go into production. > While I could do a build in the regular fashion and put DC somewhere > else or name it something else, so I could invoke this different code, > presumably that different code will still look for the subsidiary > executables in the usual place. Do I have to change the DESTDIR parm > when doing the make install or some such?
./configure --prefix=/another/dovecot/installation > I do realize that, just as I did with running a second instance of the > *same* code, I'd have to change the config file, have a separate > /var/run directory...... If you use --prefix all the default paths are changed, so you can leave base_dir etc. as defaults.
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