Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:36:10 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>, Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: preferred place for system-wide config files Message-ID: <20100518203610.GA50328@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <4BF2F6AD.3020709@FreeBSD.org> References: <86hbm5yjjh.fsf@gmail.com> <20100518115611.GA45921@atarininja.org> <4BF28470.2050903@infracaninophile.co.uk> <86hbm5vycg.fsf@gmail.com> <20100518195725.GB48168@atarininja.org> <4BF2F6AD.3020709@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:21:01PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 5/18/2010 12:57 PM, Wesley Shields wrote: > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:50:07PM +0400, Anonymous wrote: > > > >> This still doesn't clarify where to look for files that are *not* > >> installed, e.g. config files. Such files can be created by user and only > >> used by the port itself when they exist. Does it matter whether they're > >> installed or not to choose LOCALBASE over PREFIX? > > > > PREFIX. > > Just to be clear I think you're referring to _installing_ files, right? Correct. I misread the question. > In the world where PREFIX and LOCALBASE are different, PREFIX cannot be > relied on to exist after the port is installed. Therefore regarding > configuration files that are not installed by the port the thing > installed (for example portmaster) should look for its configuration > files in LOCALBASE. Yes, I agree with this.
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