[Dovecot] How do I test new code?

[Stewart Dean]

I know how to run a second instance of the *base* code (to check 
different functionality/config) and documented it in
http://wiki.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot

What I realize I don't know how to do is to run an altogether different 
version or build of the code as that second instance, which would be 
good to have to check out upgrades before they go into production.  
While I could do a build in the regular fashion and put DC somewhere 
else or name it something else, so I could invoke this different code, 
presumably that different code will still look for the subsidiary 
executables in the usual place.  Do I have to change the DESTDIR parm 
when doing the make install or some such? 

I do realize that,  just as I did with running a second instance of the 
*same* code, I'd have to change the config file, have a separate 
/var/run directory......

-- 
====
Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources 
Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York  12504  
sdean at bard.edu  voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035