On Friday, April 20, 2012 6:31:04 AM, Harald Barth wrote:
>> Sadly, AFSCONF is only used if a configuration file cannot be found in the 
>> default location.
>
> That I would say is either a bug in the implementation or in the design. When 
> someone sets an
> environment variable, the meaning is to 99% to use the value in it.
>
>> I wrote the support for -config to work around this, but that
>> feature is, as Andrew says, only available on master.
>
> I would suggest that the priority should be changed in the following way:
>
> 1. Command line if given
> 2. Env variable if set
> 3. Default place as compiled in
>
> Harald.

I think that is a reasonable patch for inclusion in 'master' if someone 
wants to submit it to gerrit.

Jeffrey Altman


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