[Xastir-Dev] committed xastir shared files directory change

[Bob Nielsen]

I notice that in the scripts directory, there exist migrate-config.sh
and migrate-dirs.sh (dated June 20, by Curt).  Are these replaced by
the new ones?  I haven't tried them.

Bob, N7XY

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 05:26:27PM -0400, Alan Crosswell wrote:
> At Curt's urging (he's been inhaling paint fumes too much:-) I've committed 
> the previously-discussed changes to move the shared files directory from, 
> for example, /usr/local/xastir to /usr/local/share/xastir (if you use the 
> default --prefix with configure).
> 
> I've also added scripts/xastir-migrate.sh and scripts/xastir-fixcfg.sh.  
> The former should be run after make install.  It moves maps, etc. from the 
> old place to the new place.  The later script fixes up a user's existing 
> xastir.cfg to reflect the new locations.
> 
> Please test these changes *a lot* to make sure the migrate and fixcfg 
> scripts do the right thing.  Make a backup of your maps first!
> 
> Once we are happy with the scripts, we can update the INSTALL and/or 
> UPGRADE docs to add the steps to run the scripts.
> 
> Newbies to xastir will not need to run these scripts at all;  They are just 
> a one-time transition tool for existing users.
> 
> As usual, these files will not show up for 24 hours or so.
> /a
> 
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