Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [PATCH v20210111 05/39] tools: add with-xen-scriptdir
configure option"):
> Am Mon, 8 Feb 2021 17:48:31 +
> schrieb Ian Jackson :
> > > It seems the assignments for CONFIG_DIR and XEN_CONFIG_DIR can be moved
> > > up, because $syscon
Am Mon, 8 Feb 2021 17:48:31 +
schrieb Ian Jackson :
> > It seems the assignments for CONFIG_DIR and XEN_CONFIG_DIR can be moved up,
> > because $sysconfdir is expected to be set already. As a result the new
> > AC_ARG_WITH= can continue to use "$XEN_CONFIG_DIR/scripts" for the default
> > c
Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [PATCH v20210111 05/39] tools: add with-xen-scriptdir
configure option"):
> The reason is the ordering of assignments in the file:
> AC_ARG_WITH comes early in the file, XEN_CONFIG_DIR= is assigned much later.
Ah.
> It seems the assignments
Am Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:03:29 +
schrieb Ian Jackson :
> I suggest this commit message as a compromise:
>
> Some distros plan for fresh installations will have an empty /etc,
> whose content will not be controlled by the package manager
> anymore.
>
> To make this possible, add a knob t
Olaf Hering writes ("[PATCH v20210111 05/39] tools: add with-xen-scriptdir
configure option"):
> In the near future all fresh installations will have an empty /etc.
> The content of this directory will not be controlled by the package
> manager anymore. One of the reasons for t
In the near future all fresh installations will have an empty /etc.
The content of this directory will not be controlled by the package
manager anymore. One of the reasons for this move is to make snapshots
more robust.
As a first step into this direction, add a knob to configure to allow
storing
