Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Sascha Luedecke <luedecke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > I have a multiplatform installation of gimp. Though one can specify
> > --prefix and --exec-prefix to configure the sources and thus the
> > installation, the separation is not 100% clean.
> >
> > The file
> >
> > <sharedprefix>/etc/gimp/1.1/gimprc
> >
> > contains the hardcoded exec-prefix which IMHO is a bad thing, since it
> > will be set to the last platform one installed GIMP for. GIMP then
> > cannot load plugins when started on a different platform.
> >
> > My workaround is to define system specific aliasesÖ
> >
> > gimp --system-gimprc <syst dep. rgimprc>
> >
> > and maintain two gimprcs.
> >
> > I think this should be changed. What is your opinion?
>
> Could you please explain how this should be changed in your
> opinion.
> IMO we do The Right Thing (TM): system-dependent configuration
> files are stored in ${sysconfdir}/etc. Your workaround looks
> like a very clean way of handling multiple installations and
> I do not see what gimp could do to make it more convenient.
At my site, the system-dependent configuration files (i.e. gimprc)
is always stored in <prefix>/etc/... instead of <exec-prefix>/etc.
Though my workaround really does its job, I have to alias manually and
for each platform I install.
IMHO it would be much more convenient, if I can just do "make
install", append <exec-prefix>/bin dir to PATH on each platform and
forget about gimprc. This was what I expected and what works with
many software packages.
Besides that, my workaround requires that I maintain gimprc files for
each platform, just to set the value of exec-prefix. Changes to other
variables must be done in each gimprc. IMHO this tends to be an error
prone process.
Moving the gimprc into a platform dependent directory would be a first
shot solution, but one still must maintain several gimprc files. A
better solution might be to take the value for exec-prefix from an
environment variable or from the binary itself (is this possible?).
Regards,
Sascha
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