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Re: Accepted mldonkey 2.5.17-1 (i386 source)



"Sylvain LE GALL" <sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 12:07:05AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Sylvain LE GALL <sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Format: 1.7
>> > Date: Thu,  8 Apr 2004 22:28:10 +0200
>> > Source: mldonkey
>> > Binary: mldonkey-gui mldonkey-server
>> > Architecture: source i386
>> > Version: 2.5.17-1
>> > Distribution: unstable
>> > Urgency: low
>> > Maintainer: Sylvain LE GALL <sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org>
>> > Changed-By: Sylvain LE GALL <sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org>
>> > Description: 
>> >  mldonkey-gui - Graphical frontend for mldonkey based on GTK
>> >  mldonkey-server - Door to the 'donkey' network
>> > Closes: 239438 240443 241085 242695
>> > Changes: 
>> >  mldonkey (2.5.17-1) unstable; urgency=low
>> >  .
>> >    * New upstream release
>> >    * Correct creation of .mldonkey directory structure. This help mldonkey to
>> >      be launch and finish by menu. The directory structure is exactly the same
>> >      as before, expect a .mldonkey/.mldonkey dir which containes the
>> >      mlnetstrings file. ( Closes: #240443, #241085 )
>> 
>> Hidden files/dirs inside hidden dirs are frowned uppon. Whats wrong
>> with .mldonkey/mldonkey?
>> 
>> 
>> MfG
>>         Goswin
>> 
>> 
>
> Hello,
>
> Inherited from the previous debian packager ;-)
>
> Just to sum up : 
> - you choose to ( if i remember well ), to run mldonkey user session
>   into .mldonkey. It creates all the .ini file, et al
> - i continue your work, but with mldonkey_server which provide more
>   things ( ie, auto restart system et al, loggin to syslog... ), still
>   in .mldonkey
> - someone in the mldonkey team decide to use $HOME/.mldonkey to store
>   i18n strings for mlnet ...
>
> So it should not be a problem, since we are using the same rep... But,
> it doesn't work if you use it with a system user : no home, you need to
> set a $HOME and you need to be sure to have this home writeable...
>
> So having the possibility to run mldonkey with unpriviliged user, make
> me need to set this .mldonkey/.mldonkey in order to be sure to have a
> writeable place to output a string ( if not, mldonkey doesn't start ).
>
> I am not very happy with this, but it is the only idea i found to have a
> fix ( i should have work harder, but time is fighting against me ).
>
> Kind regard
> Sylvain Le Gall

The .ini files are already writeable and should be in $HOME/.mldonkey
for normal users. So why not put the i18n strings in the same place?

I have a mldonkey user and $HOME/.mldonkey/.mldonkey looks bad. (I
also had to create the dir or mlnet wouldn't start anymore).

MfG
        Goswin



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