On jeudi 16 septembre 2021 18:48:41 CEST Peter White wrote: > But, /etc should be off limits for software in /usr/local, right?
I don't think this assessment is correct. For instance, I certainly expect KDE software installed in any prefix, to respect the global settings in /etc/xdg/kdeglobals That file has things like default fonts which should apply to all KDE applications, they should apply whatever the install prefix is, for a more consistent user experience. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS was modeled very much after XDG_DATA_DIRS, where I would have tons of other examples like: apps in /usr/local or anywhere else should still see /usr/share, for e.g. /usr/share/mime which has the mimetype definitions. And yes, the intent is definitely that they should be read at runtime, so that [advanced] users can install things in custom prefixes and make things work by setting a few env vars. What it seems to me, is that /usr/local/etc/xdg should simply be added to the default value for XDG_CONFIG_DIRS. It's inconsistent that XDG_DATA_DIRS defaults to /usr/local/share:/usr/share while XDG_CONFIG_DIRS defaults to only /etc/xdg instead of /usr/local/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg -- David Faure, fa...@kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr Working on KDE Frameworks 5
