On Sep 30, 2009, at 4:01 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
On 30.09.2009, at 10:49, Joshua Gargus wrote:
I've never used Monticello Configurations before, and would like some guidance before I screw up the trunk (there's your motivation to answer quickly, hah! :-). Here are my questions:
I don't feel like adding each package individually, since this seems error-prone and is definitely tedious. Is it safe to add packages using match '*'? This seems a bit dangerous, because I might inadvertently add a package that doesn't belong (eg: if I'm also working on a package that isn't in trunk/). Is there a way to start from a previous configuration?
Yes. It's *the* way.
In other words, can I populate a new configuration using the latest versions of all packages in a previous configuration?
Yes. Open the previous configuration (select it in the repo, click browse). Then update it (click Update / from image).
Thanks, seems simple now that I know the right clicks.
Can you specify multiple version of the same package in a single configuration? For example, if I want to load Compiler-jcg.85 before Compiler-jcg.86, can I add them in that order to a Configuration, or do I need to create two Configurations?
I never tried the former, but the latter is the canonical way.
Typically you only need to provide conf maps for the intermediate steps. After the last explicit configuration is loaded, the updater proceeds to load the latest version of all packages it can find.
Ah, good... I only need one intermediate step so I only need one configuration without any repeated package versions.
Thanks, Josh
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