On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:13:19AM +0100, Egil Kvaleberg wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 10:08, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> 
> > --withnewsxconf= (defaults to $PATHETC/newsx/) perhaps?
> 
> What about:
> 
>       --with-hostconfig
 
> And for newsx:
> 
>       --hostconfig

I'd like to put the default profile (newsx.conf) in there, too.

> At least for this release, I think it should default to the inhosts
> setting.

Absolutely, this is post-1.6 material.

> For one, I am not 100% certain where FHS really wants us to
> place this.

I am quite sure it should go to /etc, it clearly is a configuation
file.

> Also, I am not really sure how good it is in connection with
> newsx.conf. What if someone uses the hostname "newsx"? 

Crash! :-( renaming the default.profile to /etc/newsx/config.default
or similar might help.

> I've prepared this in:
>       
>       http://home.powertech.no/egilkv/newsx-1.6pre.tar.gz
>       
> Nice if someone could check how it works out, and report.

I've downloaded it already and am in the process of packagaing (for
private testing not for upload.)
                    cu andreas
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