Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Would it be an unreasonable idea to set up a set of default locations
> in which GnuCash should look for configuration, falling back as needed?
I'm kind of skittish about searching for *important* directories like
this at runtime rather than embedding them at build time.
I came across this recently when dealing with emacs' detection of the
mail spool directory. My assumption in this case is that when you're
building a particular program for a given machine, you know where the
mail spool is. If another directory that looks like a mail spool
happens to pop up later (perhaps because some other program's
installation process does the "wrong thing"(TM)), you shouldn't just
silently change behaviors and start using the new directory. Among
other things, this could be a security hole.
MO.
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