asterisk users - Apr 2005 - Segregating a test version of asterisk - libpri/zaptel locations

I currently run an asterisk server with cvs from May 2004. I'm planning 
to upgrade to the latest stable version but want to segregate a test 
version first. I know I can do this by editing the install_prefix field 
in the makefile.

I can also change the install prefix and load the new zaptel module 
manually for testing.

However what is the situation then with libpri? If I Install this to 
another location, how do I tell asterisk to look there for it? Is the 
only option to overwrite the version of libpri in /usr/lib and copy back 
the old version if things don't work?

Thanks in advance for any help.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:28:08PM +0100, Julien Levi
wrote:
> I currently run an asterisk server with cvs from May 2004. I'm planning
> to upgrade to the latest stable version but want to segregate a test 
> version first. I know I can do this by editing the install_prefix field 
> in the makefile.
> 
> I can also change the install prefix and load the new zaptel module 
> manually for testing.
> 
> However what is the situation then with libpri? If I Install this to 
> another location, how do I tell asterisk to look there for it? Is the 
> only option to overwrite the version of libpri in /usr/lib and copy back 
> the old version if things don't work?
install them under prefix /usr/local/new and add /usr/local/new/lib to
the beginning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH . 

Also consider using a idfferent machine or a chroot environment for
testing. A chroot environment is not as complicated as it sounds.

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