On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Lubos Kosco wrote: >> Pranab Panda (pkpanda) wrote: >>> Thanks But then everyone has to use the /etc/opengrok pathname >>> To install Which is not always desirable. >>> I got opengrok installation files under /usr/local >>> And installed under /opt/opengrok/... >>> If it's just question of putting the configuration.xml >>> File under /etc/.... , it is ok, but having the whole >>> Setup of opengrok/source, opengrok/data under /etc >>> Is not ideal for various reasons >>> >> you just need the configuration there ( ... even a symlink is >> enough), >> the rest can be in any directory, just the source.war needs to be >> deployed to wherever your glassfish is >> I think we might change the default config location to /var/ >> opengrok/etc/configuration.xml > > I think that makes sense for a default - or even move the whole > thing to /usr/local/opengrok/. If someone is packaging for a > particular distribution, they might change the packaged locations to > match the distribution conventions (i.e. configs under /etc). >
I would say that the binaries should go in /usr/opengrok, the data in / var/opengrok and config in /etc/opengrok. (alternatively: /etc/opt/ opengrok, /opt/opengrok /var/opt/opengrok ) See http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/install- locations/ for more information. Cheers, Trond
