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' ?
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