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

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

The following reply was made to PR pkg/40290; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: agc%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
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Subject: Re: pkg/40290: multimedia/mediatomb doesn't install example config.xml
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:49:06 -0500 (EST)

 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