From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-02-24T11:33:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Diakonos gem


On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Pistos Christou wrote:

> Logan Capaldo wrote:
>> Speaking of the config file, is there a chance that the install could
>> stick the config in $PREFIX/etc?
>
> If you use
>
> $ ./setup.rb --help
>
> it displays a plethora of path configuration options.  Some that  
> may be
> of interest to you:
>
>      --prefix=PREFIX      path prefix of target environment [usr]
>      --confdir=PREFIX     directory for conf files [/etc]
>      --conf=PREFIX        absolute directory for conf files [usr/etc]
>
> Diakonos only searches for a system-wide conf in the following places,
> though:
>
>         conf_dirs = [
>             "/usr/local/etc/diakonos.conf",
>             "/usr/etc/diakonos.conf",
>             "/etc/diakonos.conf",
>             "/usr/local/share/diakonos/diakonos.conf",
>             "/usr/share/diakonos/diakonos.conf"
>         ]
>
> So if you put it somewhere besides one of those five locations, you'll
> have to either specify the conf on the command line (with the
> -c/--config option), or reference it inside your
> ~/.diakonos/diakonos.conf file.
>
> HTH;
> Pistos
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>

Yeah, basically what I was hoping for is diakonos to remember the  
prefix it was installed to and search accordingly.  (I like to  
install things to /usr/local/$APP/, makes it easier to keep track of  
what belongs to what. Although at this point my path var is rather  
long :) )