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Re: Organizing multiple Xcode versions
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Re: Organizing multiple Xcode versions


  • Subject: Re: Organizing multiple Xcode versions
  • From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 22:20:13 -0700


On Apr 4, 2009, at 19:49:28, Andrew Pontious wrote:

On Apr 4, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Rick Mann wrote:

I just installed a new iPhone SDK, and for the first time ever installed it alongside the existing tools. I chose to put the new stuff in a folder /Developer/iPhoneSDK3.0b2.

Then I see that it installed effectively a whole new /Developer hierarchy. It kinda bugs me that I have a devtools hierarchy inside another, so I'm wondering if I can re-organize the /Developer folder like a framework:

/Developer
  /version1
  /version2
  Current --> version2

Will this break anything? Can I just move them around in the Finder safely (I'll still make the link using ln -s)?

(1) If you've installed in /Developer, you shouldn't take any of its contents -- say, Xcode.app -- out of its original location and put it somewhere else within /Developer. That will break things. I don't know if that's what your above description implied, but I figured I'd make that clear.


(2) If you intend to use /Developer as an über-directory, and install your different relocatable DT directories in sub-directories under /Developer, I would say -- don't. For one, /Developer is the default installation location, so you may some day wind up installing there by mistake. For two, it's where some stuff goes (like CHUD) regardless of where you choose to put the relocatable stuff.

Make another top-level directory, like /Xcodes/, and put your relocatable {Developer} directories in there, to avoid confusion. That's what I do.

Okay, thanks for letting me know I'd break things. I'll file a feature request to reorganize the /Developer directory to accommodate multiple versions. I don't really want to clutter root with another directory.


--
Rick


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