Re: config file handling
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:
> Jens Ritter wrote:
> > I have a gtk+ based application. You can tweak it´s looks by changing
> > the xlogmaster.gtkrc file. The gimp puts its file in
> > /usr/share/gimp/gtkrc. But I think /etc is the right place to put it
> > in. Am I wrong?
>
> Personally I hate all these conf files flying around in /etc. And the
> gtkrc is not a REAL conf file. The app will run w/o it. As opposed to
> say inittab or something. So I say /usr/share is fine. Or leave it off
> completely. Flames welcome (-:
I think I will leave it off, as the default gtkrc rather spoils the good
looks. But where should the application look for it?
Another problem arises by the "extensive" use of /usr/share. The
fsstnd says in Section 6.4:
"One note: no program should ever reference anything in /usr/share. For
instance, a manual page program should never directly look in
/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1, but it should refer to /usr/man/man1/ls.1 at
all times. Anything in /usr/share will be "pointed to" by the use of
symlinks from other areas in the filesystem, such as /usr/man,
/usr/lib/<something>, etc."
I have >9000 files in /usr/share but only ~30 links to it on my system...
(numbers by: find /usr/share | wc -l and
find -type l -print0 |xargs -0 ls -l |grep /usr/share)
Has there been a policy decision to not comply to the note?
And still, where shall I put the gtkrc file of my application (or the
link to it)?
Jens
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