Re: Fwd: Improved configuration hierarchy

Kirk Bauer wrote:
> Not sure if we want to separate default and dist... but if we weren't
> treating all directories equally I think we should.
> 
> Unfortunately these days it is all I can do to forward these to the
> list, I'm not doing as much pre-screening as I normally do.  Hopefully
> this is a useful patch.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris O'Regan <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 3:40 PM
> Subject: Improved configuration hierarchy
> To: [email protected]
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  I am adapting LogWatch to our environment. Fortunately a lot of the work
>  has been done to help customize the configuration but I have made some
>  changes. In particular, the HOWTO states that the configuration
>  structure is the same for all three directories, but in practice this is
>  not always true. This patch ensures that logwatch.pl will look in all
>  three places for its configuration, and in the proper order.
> 
>  Also, I found it useful to separate the "default" and "dist"
>  configuration directories. I associate the "default" with what comes
>  with this particular version of logwatch and it should refer to the
>  package installation directory. The "dist" directory contains
>  modifications that affect all my servers. They should reside in a shared
>  directory outside of the package so that it is easy to upgrade. I have
>  also changed the naming convention to fit my environment.
> 
>  Not sure if these are of interest to you but I figured I would share
>  them anyway.
> 


This one is confusing to me. I would normally think that the 
/etc/logwatch/conf would be enough since the RPM spec says not to 
upgrade these files? I might be missing the point. I'm going to pass on 
this for now, Bjorn can weigh in if he has the time since the dist/ was 
his baby.

-Mike