At 10:40 AM 5/12/00 -0400, Ed James, TCS Inc, 410-295-1919,
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>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
>Fri, 12 May 2000 10:18:15 -0400, Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you did an MMS INSTALL into your home directory (or anywhere, really)
> > you don't need to reinstall the thing to move it to a different disk. Just
> > do a BACKUP of the tree from where it is to where it should be and you'll
> > be fine.
>
>Ok, I did the compile, test, and install in the same tree. Won't backup
>put all the objects, etc., into the new production tree? I thought the
>install would only move the executables, etc., making the production
>tree shorter?
Installing into the build tree's something that makes me a touch nervous.
It works OK, but it feels sloppy somehow. Doesn't save any space either, FWIW.
>Does the compile tree need to be separate from the install tree?
Doesn't have to be, but probably should just for cleanliness.
Dan
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