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From: "Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 07:00:00PM -0400, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> On 07/09/2015 06:35 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem (svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com)
> [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > What is a good way to test out patches without having to garble up a
> > clean install of the released geda? Try it out on a separate computer or
> > a virtualbox?
> 
>   Oh good heavens no.  Just use a different --prefix on your ./configure
> command line.

This doesn't solve the problem if you want a clean environment.
Your config files would be still used.

I'd support the chroot solution already proposed here. It's pretty
simple and convenient.

Cheers,
  Vladimir