Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 16:37:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: rich@lamprey.utmb.edu Cc: paul@netcraft.co.uk, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, asami@cs.berkeley.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, andreas@knobel.gun.de, graichen@omega.physik.fu-berlin.de, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcnfsd.. Message-ID: <199512280037.QAA24557@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199512280007.SAA09660@rmurphy.slip.bcm.tmc.edu> from "Rich Murphey" at Dec 27, 95 06:07:33 pm
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> > |From: Paul Richards <paul@netcraft.co.uk> > |Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 23:41:49 +0000 (GMT) > |It'd be good if X programs picked up their config files from somewhere > |specifiable, this would include stuff that end up in the app-defaults > |directory. You could nuke X11R6/* and re-install a new verios of XFree86 > |then without worrying about clobbering any local packages. There are other > |advantages too. > > OK, yes, although you can override the default value of the > app-defaults directory path using the XAPPLRESDIR environment > variable, you can't otherwise change the default itself systemwide. Is what I would like is to change XAPPLRESDIR from specifying a single directory to being a path (perhaps even rename it to XAPPLRESPATH). > > Do you want the clients to read another configuration file that will > specify the default location of all other configuration files on local > filesystems? This would add the overhead of opening the extra > configuration file and you'd be faced with a similar issue of chosing > a location for the runtime determination of that path. > > Or do you want to have the clients search > /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults first before looking in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults? Or do you have another scheme in > mind? Rich > XAPPLRESPATH=~/X11/app-defaults:/usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults :-) -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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