Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: GNU Stow and make install (DESTDIR)

[Alexandru Csete]

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Patrick Strasser
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> schrieb Alexandru Csete on 2011-01-06 21:09:
>> Hi Patrick,
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>> I manage multiple versions of GNU Radio manually by simply installing
>> each under its own prefix and having a symbolic link "current" point
>> to whichever version I want to use. It is really easy:
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>> 1. Update local repository using "git pull"
>> 2. Get unique version for the snapshot "git describe --abbrev=8"
>>     This gives something like v3.3.1git-817-g66768f6e
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> That was the part I missed until now. Thanks!

I learned that trick from the GNU Radio build scripts. The version
string is also displayed in the beginning of the configure step but it
scrolls away very quickly.

Alex