Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 21:57:29 +0200 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Utilizing EXAMPLESDIR Message-ID: <40B8EB29.5010408@xbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200405291959.53854.ajacoutot@lphp.org> References: <20040530.024731.85398269.rushani@FreeBSD.org> <200405291959.53854.ajacoutot@lphp.org>
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Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Saturday 29 May 2004 19:47, Hideyuki KURASHINA wrote:
>
>>I think following structure is better to improve visibility:
>>
>> configuration file -> ${PREFIX}/etc
>> sample configuration file -> ${PREFIX}/share/examples/${PORTNAME}
>>
>>Is there any reason why we do not utilize EXAMPLESDIR yet in some cases?
>>
>>Comments or suggestions are welcome.
>
>
> As a simple user, I found this to be a great idea...
> My /usr/local is all messy with .sample, .dist.... files.
>
> Nice idea, I hope it could be the default for configuration files examples.
There are pros and cons using EXAMPLESDIR as the configuration example
files directory. This is a maintainer choice, unless there's an explicit
note about that in the Porter's Handbook.
Personally, I install sample configuration file in ${PREFIX}/etc and
${EXAMPLESDIR} for sample programs using a shared library.
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