[mythtv] Re: [PATCH] Stop make install from overwriting mysql.txt

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 02:37:08PM -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, "/usr/share" or ("/usr/
> local/share") should contain: "application-specific, 
> architecture-independent directories".  Basically, it means that Myth 
> should place read-only application data in /usr/share/mythtv or /usr/
> local/share/mythtv.
> 
[..]
> 
> "/etc" is for 'system configuration'; there does not appear to be a 
> formal rule distinguishing between types of configuration files that 
> belong under /usr/share/<application> versus /etc ; however, it seems 
> clear that Myth is conforming to accepted standards.  The copy of 
> mysql.txt in /usr/[local/]share/mythtv is *read-only*, as is all data 
> in that directory, and should not be modified by the program or the 
> user.  

Oh? Why shouldn't the user modify /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt, if they
move their MySQL server or change their database password, etc?

mysql.txt is clearly a configuration file belonging in /etc or
in ~/.mythtv; there is no case for it to exist in /usr/share.

> user.  The program distribution or package may alter the contents of 
> its /usr/[local/]share directory when a new version is installed.  
> User-modifiable configuration files are to be place under ${HOME}.

On Debian, files in /usr are generated at package compile time and
never changed, either at package install time or package runtime.

Hamish
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