Why can't you just use --datarootdir / --datadir and have the program
install whatever files it considers "global" configuration there?
These are just data files anyway -- just like sysconfdir which is per
machine, while these are for multiple machines i fyou have DATAROOT
shared (NFS or whatever)
Hi All.
Here's another idea: instead of adding another parameter "adminconfdir",
what do you think of enabling "sysconfdir" to take multiple,
colon-separated paths? So if a user typed this:
$ ./configure --sysconfdir=A:B
Then the software package, if it supports this, could then:
1. install
I added CC to two more people who might be interested in what we are
discussing. I have also incorporated the suggestions you made and made a
second candidate patch, attached.
On 2/10/23 04:00, Bruno Haible wrote:
Jason Sikes wrote:
You are correct that the
configuration files should only go
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 09:00:26PM -0800, Jason Sikes wrote:
>
> I believe that the RPM package manager can check to see if a configuration
> file has changed, and, if so, save it with an ".rpmsave" extension before
> clobbering it with the new configuration file.
It is possible, indeed, but if a
On 2/10/23 04:00, Bruno Haible wrote:
Jason Sikes wrote:
You are correct that the
configuration files should only go in one directory when done on behalf
of a distribution.
OK, this removes my biggest worry.
* worse, invites packages to (perhaps inadvertently) restrict user freedom.
Res
On 2/10/23 06:15, Bruno Haible wrote:
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
The configure --help output and/or the documentation should state that
- "make install" will install into SYSCONFDIR,
It should absolutley not state that. It is on purpose that `make
install' does not trash sysconfdir
W
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>>The configure --help output and/or the documentation should state that
>> - "make install" will install into SYSCONFDIR,
>
> It should absolutley not state that. It is on purpose that `make
> install' does not trash sysconfdir
Well, at least 178 packages do ins
On 2/7/23 15:44, Bruno Haible wrote:
On 2023-02-06 08:30, Valentin Lefebvre wrote:
This patch add a new autoconf argument that allows installation
into the vendor configuration directory (/usr/etc/). Some linux
distribution now move system configuration files from /etc to /usr/etc.
See t
We should also be very careful when adding new --foodir options, this
breaks things quickly (old ./configure will error for example -- so if
you want a single line for all invocations, you'll now have to remeber
what is what version of autoconf!).
> >- Packages define a configure option for the /etc directory, e.g.
> >--enable-etcdir=/etc
> > through Autoconf [3].
> Yes, and what we are proposing is that this option (by a different name)
> will be included in Autoconf so that developers don't have to add it
Jason Sikes wrote:
> You are correct that the
> configuration files should only go in one directory when done on behalf
> of a distribution.
OK, this removes my biggest worry.
> >* worse, invites packages to (perhaps inadvertently) restrict user
> > freedom.
>
> Restricting user freedom i
> On 2023-02-06 08:30, Valentin Lefebvre wrote:
> > This patch add a new autoconf argument that allows installation
> > into the vendor configuration directory (/usr/etc/). Some linux
> > distribution now move system configuration files from /etc to /usr/etc.
> > See this ref: [0]
>
> > [
On 2023-02-06 08:30, Valentin Lefebvre wrote:
> This patch add a new autoconf argument that allows installation
> into the vendor configuration directory (/usr/etc/). Some linux
> distribution now move system configuration files from /etc to /usr/etc.
> See this ref: [0]
On 2023-02-06 08:30, Valentin Lefebvre wrote:
This patch add a new autoconf argument that allows installation
into the vendor configuration directory (/usr/etc/). Some linux
distribution now move system configuration files from /etc to /usr/etc.
See this ref: [0]
[0]https://0pointer.n
Hello,
This patch add a new autoconf argument that allows installation
into the vendor configuration directory (/usr/etc/). Some linux
distribution now move system configuration files from /etc to /usr/etc.
See this ref: [0].
So, it could be a good idea to give the opportunity for a proj
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