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On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Svenn Are Bjerkem (svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

>
>On 9 July 2015 at 19:51, <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>      Btw, this problem is pretty irrelevant by now: it was a problem
>      many years ago. Nowdays the major problem, as far as I
>      understand, is that there's literally noone who even decides
>      about patches.
>
>
>What is a good way to test out patches without having to garble up a
>clean=C2=A0install of the released geda? Try it out on a separate computer=
 or
>a=C2=A0virtualbox?
>

Virtualbox sounds like a bit heavyweight. If you don't like the prefix=20
solution others suggested, you could also try chroot. Unlike prefix,=20
chroot already allows you to use different library versions, but doesn't=20
require simulating a whole machine.

Regards,

Igor2

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