[Libreoffice-qa] [Libreoffice] whacky parallel-install instructions ...

[Cor Nouws]

Hi Michael,

Michael Stahl wrote (07-11-11 18:05)

> 1. there used to be a user-install script which could install the RPMs
> as created in instsetoo_native not in the system, but in some path given
> as parameter (even on Debian), and patch it to use a user installation
> also in that directory; have used that a lot until last year or so...

Ah, sounds interesting. A script to achieve the same that I do manually 
now, basically.

> 2. it is possible to build a tarball installation set that can be
> unpacked anywhere and also uses its own user installation; no system
> integration of course.
> configure --with-package-format=archive
>
> of course i have no idea what our tinderboxes do currently, but perhaps
> you find this useful...

The first would make this tiny part of my life easier.
But, as you may have seen somewhere in the thread, there indeed seems 
smthng special/different with what comes from the thinderboxes.

Regards,

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