[Translators] How do you manage two Claws Mail binary?

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 2016-08-05 at 16:32:27 if.gnu.linux wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> As you know before we send updated/new translations , we need to test
> them against new release. I suppose that you compile Claws Mail with
> updated/new translations then test it, and you do not want to mix
> existing Claws Mail, which is installed by your preferred
> distribution's package manager, with newly compiled one. So, how do
> you manage to keep two Claws Mail binary and not to mix them?
> 
> What I do is:
> 1- Compile Claws mail
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> --exec-prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> 
> 2. Change claws-mail.desktop file
> Exec=$HOME/claws-mail-git/bin/claws-mail
> --alternate-config-dir $HOME/claws-mail-git/.claws-mail %u
> 
> 3. Copy claws-mail.desktop as claws-git.desktop to
> ~/local/share/applications directory.
> 
> I wonder if there is an another method that can help to me/us.

I use a virtual machine for that sort of tests.

-- 
Erik

 


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Regards
Erik P. Olsen