[mythtv] $prefix/etc

[Tony Clark]

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On Sunday 11 May 2003 23.16, you wrote:
> Tony Clark wrote:
> > Here is a small diff that adds $prefix/etc to be searched for config
> > files.  I find it useful to have global config options that don't get
> > blasted away
>
> Any thoughts on an /etc/prefix/something.d, like they do with xinetd,
> apache, and something like a bazillion unix apps?  configs live in
> there, and don't get erased when new software is installed.

Didn't see this crop up on the list, but I guess it will later.  I didn't 
really think about the option you suggested as things won't get blown away 
from $prefix/etc/mythtv and it is another standard way of doing it used by 
gazillions.  I have no idea if it is LSB compliant though.  The fallback 
where everything gets over written is $prefix/share/mythtv.  My intention was 
to move a couple of things out of there and still keep them global.  In my 
case it was mysql.txt which I wanted global as I didn't fancy making 
$HOME/.mythtv directories for each user and the other option 
"$prefix/share/mythtv" would have got blown up after the first upgrade.

tony
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