Re: pcp updates - compilation warning and configuration files in packaging

[fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)]

Hi, Ken -

kenj wrote:

> [...]
> I have two questions for the gallery ...

Peanut Gallery present and fully charged, Sir!

> 1. Should the default setting for $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR be /etc or /etc/pcp.
> [...]
> I prefer collecting all these directories below /etc/pcp and minimizing
> the name pollution (and possible collisions) in /etc.

Agreed.


> 2. Just how should the migration work?  My initial thought is that as a
> _pre_ install task we ...
> [...]
>         [copy-update old-config-dir files to the new-config-dir]
> [...]

Sure.

>         Try to delete the old directory.

I suggest *not* deleting anything explicitly, the same way as a
make-install doesn't delete previous versions of files/libraries.
Instead, rely on the packaging system's normal uninstall facilities,
applied to the previous package to get rid of the old stuff.  (Our
src/GNUmakefiles don't have an uninstall target; they probably
should.)

- FChE