Re: pkg/40290: multimedia/mediatomb doesn't install example config.xml

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> >> Description:
> >    The mediatomb package should install an example config.xml to
> >    /usr/pkg/share/examples/mediatomb/config.xml and use CONF_FILES
> >    to place it in /usr/pkg/etc/mediatomb/.
>
> That's not necessary. The server creates that file if it is started
> the first time.

The default config doesn't work for me, starting and stopping to get a 
template is not intuitive.

> >
> >    The rc.d script should also be updated to pass
> >      -c /usr/pkg/etc/mediatomb/config.xml
> >    in mediatomb_flags.
>
> That will *not* work because the server wants to write to that file.

I don't understand; why would it write to that file if it already exists 
(see above)?

> >    The rc.d script should also give the option of overriding the
> >    username and group passed to the mediatomb binary.
>
> The user and group name can be set at built time.

That's a pretty poor workaround Matthias, you should still be able to 
override it with mediatomb_flags (which is not possible today unless you 
edit the rc.d script by hand).

FYI, the Ubuntu package for mediatomb-daemon has the following features:

 * Installs a default config file to /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
 * Installs a startup script to /etc/init.d/mediatomb
 * Startup script config in /etc/default/mediatomb, defaults to
   mediatomb/mediatomb for the user and group and can be changed.
 * Startup script passes -c /etc/mediatomb/config.xml to the mediatomb
   binary

Cheers,
Jared