make install without messing with previous configuration?

[Arran Cudbard-Bell]

Leighton Man wrote:
> 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.
>   
Just move the raddb directory to /etc/raddb and change the install path
to /usr/local, then modify the startup script to use -d /etc/raddb.

/etc/raddb is actually a working copy checked out from our subversion
repository, so we can switch between development and production
configurations very easily.


Arran
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> adius.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Goutte
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>> 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,
>>>       
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>>     
>>> Stefan
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