make install without messing with previous configuration?

[Leighton Man]

Hi,
I tar the entire raddb directory (from the level above), reinstall, and untar the original config over the top of the new one. That way I can keep multiple configs whilst experimenting and switch between them.
Regards,
Leighton

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adius.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Goutte
> Sent: 15 July 2009 09:03
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> Subject: Re: make install without messing with previous configuration?
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> Am 15.07.2009 um 09:53 schrieb Stefan Winter:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >> I do not know how to do it at compile time but you can do it at
> >> runtime by specifing -d your_directory to radiusd.
> >>
> >> So perhaps a make install will install many configuration
> files but
> >> not where *your* configuration is.
> >
> > Yes, I considered pointing --with-raddb-dir=/tmp/trash or so. But I
>
> I am not sure but does that mean that the binary that you
> create would point to that directory too. So in that case,
> you would have to specify the real directory at runtime too.
>
> > don't want a one-time installation problem to require attention
> > whenever I run the service in the future. It is then something to
> > remember constantly (and to document for on-duty personnel
> etc. ...),
> > only to fix a single-shot problem. It just doesn't sound
> right to me.
>
> Yes, I had not seen it from that point of view.
>
> >
> > Greetings,
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> Have a nice day!
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> >
> > Stefan
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