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

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On 29 Dec 2008, at 18:49, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> I don't understand; why would it write to that file if it already  
> exists (see above)?

Because it has a web interface that can be used to change the  
configuration.

> > >    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

Which they can only do because they don't allow you to set things
like the installation path or the configuration directory.

> * Installs a startup script to /etc/init.d/mediatomb

The "mediatomb" package contains a startup script. If your system
is configured accordingly it will automatically be copied to
"/etc/rc.d" during installation.

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                           http://zhadum.org.uk/