On 09/02/2012 10:33 AM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
>
>>> In other words, VARDIR in shorewallrc is different from VARDIR everywhere
>>> else? And you don't find that the least bit confusing?
>>>
>>
>> It is confusing when discussing internals. I'll change the code someday
>> to use a different variable name.
>>
> You can introduce VARLIB (new variable) in shorewallrc to point to
> "/var/lib" and in the same shorewallrc file to change the existing
> VARDIR to point to ${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT. That way, there is no confusion
> as to the meaning of these two variables and when I source shorewallrc I
> know exactly what I am getting.
>
> As it stands though, when I am debugging the code produced by any
> shorewall product and come across VARDIR, I don't know what the hell is
> that: is it ${VARDIR}/$product or is just the original $VARDIR from
> shorewallrc.
>
Thanks -- I've been thinking along the same lines.
-Tom
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