Hi Rob, updates which you get automagically won't screw your install. We only provide automatic updates for the same release branch of emc2 (so if you have emc2.2.2 you'll get automatic updates for 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, etc, but you won't get automatic updates from 2.1.x to 2.2.x, or to 2.3.x - manual intervention is required for that).
As for your second question: "So another question is how to install updates that I compiled myself on another system." If you produce deb's from your local testing dir, then you can surely install that deb on another system. If you only use checkout, compile (with run in place, as to not mess an installed system), then it's a bit harder to move the work. Regards, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Jansen To: EMC Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:56 AM Subject: [Emc-users] .deb of CVS? Matt, My purpose is to be able to have "easy to install" updates or hot fixes, in between released versions if required, without emc2-dev/CVS/run-in-place. Good question, up to now I just waited for a new LiveCD. I think the answer is on: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?InstallingUpdates I just plugged in the network cable and noticed the update popping up - but since I have to do some money making this week I did not yet dare to do this ... But I am a "software engineer" and I was the one to blame for the OMTI 5510 harddisk driver in Minix, way-back in 1988 or so. I've ported Linux to a number of targets, did some device drivers and much more stuff that I don't even remember. But I am just too scared to ruin my running EMC2 system so I had a second system installed when 2.2.2 came out and just replaced the hardware. But ... I want to be able to do these simple updates. The easy to install .deb would be an option (why recompile if it's already been tested, the developers know best what they changed and may even know how to test :o) ) Another option (I do have this second PC anyway) would be to install a development PC. I can compile, test, mess around, try out some new HAL stuff, even hook it up to the machine and even replace my 'live' EMC2 system on a sudden death. So another question is how to install updates that I compiled myself on another system. Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
