Re: want to override config directory macro

On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 22:22 +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Nope, "/etc" is hardcoded. Which is not really very good.

We're certainly not the first or last to hardcode /etc. The most
obvious alternative is to use sysconfdir, which defaults to the
bizarre /usr/etc when prefix is /usr.

> John: Would making --sysconfdir actually work properly in this respect help
> you?

Can we do this and make sysconfdir default to /etc (instead of
$prefix/etc) if not explicitly specified? If not, that would be an
unexpected change.

> Regarding an issue: Isn't this a small enough thing that we can just discuss
> it and do it, without it ever remaining long enough to bother with an issue?

Depends on whether we can come up with something non-controversial. :)
Adding #ifndef around the relevant macro probably isn't controversial;
making sysconfdir work is perhaps more builder-friendly but has more
pitfalls.

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Received on Mon Jun 13 06:56:32 2005