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diff --git a/docs/misc/distro_mapping.txt b/docs/misc/distro_mapping.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d91495b925 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/misc/distro_mapping.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +With directory layout differences between Red Hat, Debian, Suse and +other distros one needs to set the variables for the elements below + +-----------------+------------------+---------------+----------------+ + | RedHat (default) | Debian | Suse | +-----------------+------------------+---------------+----------------+ +CONFIG_LEAF_DIR | sysconfig | default | sysconfig | +SUBSYS_DIR | /var/run/subsys | /var/run | /var/run | +INITD_DIR | /etc/rc.d/init.d | /etc/init.d | /etc/init.d | +-----------------+------------------+---------------+----------------+ + +The build currently defaults to the elements used by Red Hat. +For others, these env variables must be set in the shell env +or modified in Config.mk before running make. + +This mechanism sets the location that files are installed to, but does +not change the code itself. Scripts that refer to files affected by these +directories must check each possible location at run time. + +To add support for new distributions that don't use the above locations, +one must grep for the above elements and add appropriate checks. + +For example if a new distro uses /etc/bork as it's config dir, It's not +sufficient to set CONFIG_LEAF_DIR=bork, one must also add tests for the +existance of the bork dir in every context where config files are read. + + |