Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Mike Markley
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:17:15PM +0200, Frank K?ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Why not link /usr/etc/ to /etc/qt or the like? That still wouldn't conform to policy and is an ugly solution anyway. :) -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 15. August 2003 20:26 schrieb Brian Nelson: > Dominik Stadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nope. You'll need to modify the application source. thanks for all the help, the hint with QSetting was very helpful. I looked at the source an

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Mike Markley
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:17:15PM +0200, Frank K?ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Why not link /usr/etc/ to /etc/qt or the like? That still wouldn't conform to policy and is an ugly solution anyway. :) -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F3

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Frank Küster
Dominik Stadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: [conffile in /usr/etc/settings] > My question therefore: Is this a case where lintian should allow an > exception, > because I have no other way of telling the Qt-Library to search in a > different directory? Or is it simply not possible? - How do

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Brian Nelson
Dominik Stadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Why Qt should look in /usr/etc? Configure your program with >> --sysconfdir=/etc flag and everything should be OK. > > Thanks for the hints, but the problem is that the application does not use > autoconf/automake/configure, but the build-tool qmake.

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 15. August 2003 20:26 schrieb Brian Nelson: > Dominik Stadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nope. You'll need to modify the application source. thanks for all the help, the hint with QSetting was very helpful. I looked at the source an

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Brian Nelson
Dominik Stadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as > basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory > "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is > not coded in

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Why Qt should look in /usr/etc? Configure your program with > --sysconfdir=/etc flag and everything should be OK. Thanks for the hints, but the problem is that the application does not use autoconf/automake/configure, but the build-tool qmake. Is

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Zygimantas Berucka
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 06:42:03PM +0200, Dominik Stadler wrote: > I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as > basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory > "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is > n

lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is not coded inside the

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Why Qt should look in /usr/etc? Configure your program with > --sysconfdir=/etc flag and everything should be OK. Thanks for the hints, but the problem is that the application does not use autoconf/automake/configure, but the build-tool qmake. Is

Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Zygimantas Berucka
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 06:42:03PM +0200, Dominik Stadler wrote: > I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as > basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory > "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is > n

lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application

2003-08-15 Thread Dominik Stadler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is not coded inside the