Just a FYI, not sure if anyone cares, but the ports system on OpenBSD is similar, although it expects all config files for ports to be in /etc. So OpenBSD isn't affected by this issue.
Regards, -- Dave Steinberg http://www.geekisp.com On 1/24/03 8:12 PM, "Jason R. Mastaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I think he means that when a FreeBSD port is installed in a certian >> location (or prefix), such as /usr/local (instead of / or /usr), it makes >> things a lot "cleaner" to have everything at the same level... programs >> go in /usr/local/bin, libs go in /usr/local/lib, configs go in >> /usr/local/etc, and so on. Nothing is "supposed to be" below whatever >> ${PREFIX} the port maintainer or user picks. Therefore forcing tmda's >> systemwide config to /etc/tmdarc is undesirable. > > OK, I see. Yes, I get bit by this all the time on FreeBSD, when I edit > the /etc/foo file and wonder why is has no effect, as it's expecting > a /usr/local/etc/foo file. > > At the moment I can't think of a good way to support this though given > the current TMDA installation structure. > > Since this is so FreeBSD-specific, how about a post-installation script > in the port to change the GLOBAL_TMDARC = '/etc/tmdarc' line in > Defaults.py to GLOBAL_TMDARC = '${PREFIX}/etc/tmdarc' ? > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users > _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
