Ok makes sense, please try this. It is important that the default
(without --prefix or --sysconfdir) stays as /etc not /usr/local/etc so I
had to add a hack to configure.ac to do that, --sysconfdir will still
override.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c131940..726582a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dist-hook:
find $(distdir) -name .svn -type d|xargs rm -Rf
# Preprocessor flags.
-CPPFLAGS += @XOPEN_DEFINES@
+CPPFLAGS += @XOPEN_DEFINES@ -DTMUX_CONF="\"$(sysconfdir)/tmux.conf\""
# glibc as usual does things ass-backwards and hides useful things by default,
# so everyone has to add this.
@@ -240,9 +240,10 @@ endif
# Build tmux.1 in the right format.
tmux.1: tmux.1.in
if test x@MANFORMAT@ = xmdoc; then \
- cp tmux.1.in tmux.1; \
+ sed -e "s|@SYSCONFDIR@|$(sysconfdir)|g" tmux.1.in >tmux.1; \
else \
- $(AWK) -fmdoc2man.awk <tmux.1.in >tmux.1; \
+ sed -e "s|@SYSCONFDIR@|$(sysconfdir)|g" tmux.1.in| \
+ $(AWK) -fmdoc2man.awk >tmux.1; \
fi
# Update SF web site.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 80cf126..590b9db 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ AC_PROG_CC
AM_PROG_CC_C_O
AC_PROG_INSTALL
+# Default tmux.conf goes in /etc not ${prefix}/etc.
+test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc
+
# Check for various headers. Alternatives included from compat.h.
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(
[ \
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 4bfa918..bd28d51 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ server_start(int lockfd, char *lockfile)
cfg_references = 1;
ARRAY_INIT(&cfg_causes);
- if (access(SYSTEM_CFG, R_OK) == 0) {
- if (load_cfg(SYSTEM_CFG, cfg_cmd_q, &cause) == -1) {
- xasprintf(&cause, "%s: %s", SYSTEM_CFG, cause);
+ if (access(TMUX_CONF, R_OK) == 0) {
+ if (load_cfg(TMUX_CONF, cfg_cmd_q, &cause) == -1) {
+ xasprintf(&cause, "%s: %s", TMUX_CONF, cause);
ARRAY_ADD(&cfg_causes, cause);
}
} else if (errno != ENOENT) {
- xasprintf(&cause, "%s: %s", SYSTEM_CFG, strerror(errno));
+ xasprintf(&cause, "%s: %s", TMUX_CONF, strerror(errno));
ARRAY_ADD(&cfg_causes, cause);
}
if (cfg_file != NULL) {
diff --git a/tmux.1.in b/tmux.1.in
index 98bf957..7f783b8 100644
--- a/tmux.1.in
+++ b/tmux.1.in
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Specify an alternative configuration file.
By default,
.Nm
loads the system configuration file from
-.Pa /etc/tmux.conf ,
+.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/tmux.conf ,
if present, then looks for a user configuration file at
.Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
.Pp
@@ -3705,12 +3705,12 @@ was renamed to
.Ar name .
.El
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "@SYSCONFDIR@/tmux.confXXX" -compact
.It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
Default
.Nm
configuration file.
-.It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
+.It Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/tmux.conf
System-wide configuration file.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index 2916bbb..606c574 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
if (pw != NULL)
home = pw->pw_dir;
}
- xasprintf(&cfg_file, "%s/%s", home, DEFAULT_CFG);
+ xasprintf(&cfg_file, "%s/.tmux.conf", home);
if (access(cfg_file, R_OK) != 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
free(cfg_file);
cfg_file = NULL;
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index f0b9edf..fc5561b 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
extern char *__progname;
extern char **environ;
-/* Default configuration files. */
-#define DEFAULT_CFG ".tmux.conf"
-#define SYSTEM_CFG "/etc/tmux.conf"
-
/* Default prompt history length. */
#define PROMPT_HISTORY 100
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 03:18:38PM +0200, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi Nicholas,
>
> Am 22.04.2013 um 15:09 schrieb Nicholas Marriott
> <nicholas.marri...@gmail.com>:
> > I think this might be better than generating tmux.h, although I haven't
> > tested it. You get the idea though :-).
>
> Thanks for the quick turnaround, this looks good, but does not change the
> manpage
> which I would consider a good idea.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> -- Dago
>
> --
> "You don't become great by trying to be great, you become great by wanting to
> do something,
> and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process." - xkcd #896
>
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