Question from upstream package (tsk) about managing a config data directory.
See their email below, but it asks about how they should manage
configuring multiple possible config data locations. (ie. "/etc/tsk"
or "~/.tsk" or even "~/.tsk; /etc/tsk").
Upstream is proposing either having a hardcoded value in the source
which is updated prior to compiling OR alternatively to use a
environment variable.
I assume the answer in order of preference is:
1) Have the hardcoded default value and let ./configure override it by
modifying the source. (I'm not enough of an autotools guy to do that,
but I assume it can be done.)
2) Environmental variables are preferred if and only if each user has
their own config data location and it can't be a standard like ~/.tsk
Before I send that back to upstream, can someone confirm I have it right.
Thanks
Greg
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