Re: Dev version and latest binary at the same time

[Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>]

Denis Maier writes:

> is there a recommended way for having the dev version and the latest official
> version installed at the same time? How can you still use the official version
> in a production environment while tinkering with the dev version?

I'm using Docker to fix specific versions. We provide images for pandoc
2.6 and later (although I recently realized that we haven't published
2.10.1 yet). I rely heavily on Makefiles and put the path to pandoc in a
variable:

    PANDOC_VERSION ?= 2.7.3
    PANDOC ?= docker run --rm -it -v $(PWD):/data -u $(id -u):$(id -g) pandoc/latex:$(PANDOC_VERSION)

    %.pdf: %.md
      $(PANDOC) --output=$@ $<

Then I can run

    make my-doc.pdf

for a normal build,

    make my-doc.pdf PANDOC_VERSION=2.9.2.1

to use a different published version, or

    make my-doc.pdf PANDOC=local/dev/pandoc

to use a local version.



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