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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:25:49 +0200
From: Markus Dolze <bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de>
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Subject: Current usage of sysconfdir
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Hello,

one port I am maintaining recently started using the sysconfdir set by 
GNU configure script to install default config files.

By just using it, it will override user changed config files.

I am thinking of using passing "--sysconfig=${EXAMPLESDIR}" as 
CONFIGURE_ARGS.

Is EXAMPLESDIR a good/valid location? Should I print some message 
pointing the user to this directory?

I am not sure if it has any side effects (used somewhere within the 
code), but I will check for this.


What is best current practice of installing default config files for 
FreeBSD ports?

Kind regards
Markus