[OpenAFS-devel] parsing program options from config file(s)

[Derrick Brashear]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:31 AM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR
<chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:05:56 -0400
> Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:02 PM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR
>> <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:52:08 -0400
>> > Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Gerrit 7903 adds 2 krb5 profile-style config files,
>> >> openafs-client.conf (in client's etc dir e.g. /usr/vice/etc) and
>> >> openafs-server.conf (in server's etc dir e.g. /usr/afs/etc)
>> >
>> > i might ask why put them in /usr/.../etc?  i understand that
>> > traditionally, that is where they should go but the world is
>> > apparently moving to a /usr is read-only model.
>>
>> if your packages already put e.g. CellServDB elsewhere, the files will
>> end up in the same directory.
>> it's just a dirpath-using thing. it already adapts if you're adapting
>> other things. it's not hardcoded.
>>
>> in transarc-paths land, you get those paths. otherwise, you get something else.
>> already solved problem.
>
> i like having the afs server binaries in /usr/afs instead of in a place
> a user might typically have in their search path (yes, i know -- dont
> have users on your fileservers) i dont really enjoy having the config
> files there.  how about an option (like -C/--configpath) to tell the
> servers where to look for the config files and then in the config files
> i could further configuration locations of things like '/usr/afs/db'.

fix it in dirpath and this comes along for the ride. it doesn't belong in this
patchset.

-- 
Derrick