[Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 41, Issue 52

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, C. Griffin wrote:

> I knew they could go there, but wondered about the other config folder. The 
> problem with the /usr/local/share folders is that they are overwritten when 
> you recompile, thus wiping out your work. My solution in the past was to keep 
> a copy elsewhere and recopy it when I am done with the recompile. A more 
> elegant solution would be to keep a copy in the .xastir folder somewhere with 
> the other non-overwritten files.

Take away write permission when you modify the files so that the
make install can't write over the top of them.

     chmod ugo-w filename1 filename2 filename3

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