Specifying alternate dirs

RT Developers
1

Other than editing the config.layout file, is it possible to specify
alternate directories at configure time?

2

Other than editing the config.layout file, is it possible to specify
alternate directories at configure time?

IIRC some of the --with-* that ./configure --help gives you should
actually work.

3

Other than editing the config.layout file, is it possible to specify
alternate directories at configure time?

IIRC some of the --with-* that ./configure --help gives you should
actually work.

Unfortunately, not, at least not for customdir. configure will accept
–with-customdir=whatever (–customdir= is rejected), but it won’t be
reflected in Makefile. In fact, none of the special directories can be
altered via the configure command line. I am so far away from a config/m4
(I was about to say guru… how about just ) user, that I’ve just given
up. Note that I can change them via the config.layout file… sort of.

In combination with other stuff going on, I’m trying to put the customdir
someplace else. Unfortunately, even though I can get (again, via layout)
the RT_LOCAL_PATH its descendants set, they’re not used anywhere. (Uhmm,
that’s not true… they’re used to create the directories, but not to
locate the RT_SiteConfig.pm file. The following patch fixes that (see
bottom)

While we’re discussing this (?), I just put a note in the Wiki about
possibly putting the database version in the database… it would make
future upgrades easier, and would be a no-effect patch.

Patch:

*** rt-3.4.0.orig/Makefile.in Tue Feb 1 09:20:40 2005
— rt-3.4.0/Makefile.in Wed Feb 9 23:21:06 2005
*** 51,61 ****

PERL = @PERL@

  • CONFIG_FILE_PATH = @CONFIG_FILE_PATH@
  • CONFIG_FILE = $(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)/RT_Config.pm
  • SITE_CONFIG_FILE = $(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)/RT_SiteConfig.pm
    RT_VERSION_MAJOR = @RT_VERSION_MAJOR@
    RT_VERSION_MINOR = @RT_VERSION_MINOR@
    RT_VERSION_PATCH = @RT_VERSION_PATCH@
    — 51,56 ----
    *** 112,117 ****
    — 107,121 ----

    RT_READABLE_DIR_MODE is the mode of directories that are generally meant

    to be accessible

    RT_READABLE_DIR_MODE = 0755

  • Had to move this down, so that it would reflect changes to the

  • RT_LOCAL-* stuff

  • CONFIG_FILE_PATH = @CONFIG_FILE_PATH@
  • CONFIG_FILE = $(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)/RT_Config.pm
  • SITE_CONFIG_FILE = $(LOCAL_ETC_PATH)/RT_SiteConfig.pm
4

Unfortunately, not, at least not for customdir. configure will accept
–with-customdir=whatever (–customdir= is rejected), but it won’t be
reflected in Makefile. In fact, none of the special directories can be
altered via the configure command line. I am so far away from a config/m4
(I was about to say guru… how about just ) user, that I’ve just given
up. Note that I can change them via the config.layout file… sort of.

Hm. I sure thought that worked.

While we’re discussing this (?), I just put a note in the Wiki about
possibly putting the database version in the database… it would make
future upgrades easier, and would be a no-effect patch.

We’re in the middle of some work to move all configuration into the DB
(aside from the database connection info)