Re: How do you add config files - "file" can't find it's configuration files?

2016-09-16 Thread Spencer
I never like hard coded paths. Can YAML files somehow configure what C pre processor definitions we get during compilation? An if-def could be used in places where the program is to locate resources and so use either $SNAP prepended or something else when not run as a snap. > On Sep 16,

Re: How do you add config files - "file" can't find it's configuration files?

2016-09-16 Thread Dave Chiluk
Can't we do something more elegant than that? Having to implement wrappers and or code changes to each and every program with hardcoded values seems overly painful. Couldn't we do something fancy/smart with system calls such that fopen prepends $SNAP to most requests? I can't imagine there

Re: How do you add config files - "file" can't find it's configuration files?

2016-09-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 16/09/16 06:11, Dave Chiluk wrote: > I also realize that it would take more work than this simplistic > suggestion, but has anyone researched something like that? Plus it > would give each application even better isolation since the isolation > would be enforced by snappy. Except that the

Re: How do you add config files - "file" can't find it's configuration files?

2016-09-16 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Donnerstag, den 15.09.2016, 16:10 -0500 schrieb Dave Chiluk: > Hey guys, I'm trying to snap up file.  I thought it would be simple.  > This is what I have for my snapcraft.yaml. > ... > > However when I go to run file out of my snap I get > " > chiluk@localhost:~$ file