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Date:      Sat, 7 Jan 2017 19:11:51 -0500
From:      Derek Schrock <dereks@lifeofadishwasher.com>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [samb4] Where Is The User Database?
Message-ID:  <20170108001151.GE5334@ircbsd.lifeofadishwasher.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3j=qKdNPJ-L5dfwQ5VDMYKx=V73mE3xLjEPRVEZqsPOg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 02:42:57PM EST, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Derek Schrock <dereks@lifeofadishwasher.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 04:54:39AM EST, Martin S. Weber wrote:
> > > On 2017-01-06 18:31:52, Derek Schrock wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 05:54:39PM EST, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> > > > > On 01/06/2017 04:43 PM, Derek Schrock wrote:
> > > > > > /var/db/samba4/private/ is that the new location?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yep, you nailed it, that's where it lives now.
> > > > >
> > > > > Many thanks ...
> > > > >
> > > > > (It never occurred to me to read the smb manpages ... D'oh ... :)
> > > >
> > > > The location is altered in the ports Makefile hence the difference
> > > > between the man page and installation.
> > >
> > > If the port Makefile alters the path in one file, it should alter the
> > > path in all files. That's a bug in the port.
> >
> > This would be a bug with samba configure/build not the port.  If you
> > provide an alt location for lock dir, config file name, etc (search for
> > SAMBA4_PORTNAME in net/samba4[34]/Makefile) then I would expect samba to
> > update its own installed documentation.
> >
> 
> Why in the world would Samba honor FreeBSD Ports specific variables?
> Should Samba then honor variables set by whatever buildframe work the
> project is pulled into?  Can you name a single other non-FreeBSD specific
> port which does this?
> 
> This is incumbent on the port itself, not the project.

They shouldn't have to honor the FreeBSD Ports specific variables but it
seems reasonable if alternative locations are passed to their own waf
build system they could in turn update documentation on the fly.



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