On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 04:12:39PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> Let me clarify: By putting absolute paths into the config
> files, we are locking the installation into a single location.
> By using ServerRoot-relative locations, as we always have, the
> installation can be moved around the filesystem, or even to
> another box.
They may not always be ServerRoot-relative since that is ${prefix}.
Darwin, RedHat, opt, SuSE, Solaris layouts all have disjoint
values for sysconfdir.
> Now, if the $foodir values can be defined as ServerRoot-relative,
> at least for some layouts (like the default), then I'm of
> the other opinion, and +1 on the idea. But absolute paths? No way!
Taking what Aaron's recent patches have done, if they can be
relative (given the value), they will do so. However, if they
don't share a common prefix, it becomes the absolute path.
-- justin
