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On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com)
[via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 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.

How much danger are people really in from a testing version of gEDA?
Are you guys worried about malware hiding in it or something?

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



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