[PATCH] explain gotchas when using freesbie.default.conf / freesbie.conf
Marco Molteni <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.freesbie |
|---|---|
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freesbie-diff2.txt
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Index: freesbie.defaults.conf
===================================================================
--- freesbie.defaults.conf (revision 8)
+++ freesbie.defaults.conf (working copy)
@@ -9,10 +9,20 @@
# $FreeBSD$
# $Id: freesbie.defaults.conf,v 1.6 2005/11/15 22:59:42 saturnero Exp $
#
-# Don't modify it, create your own conf/freesbie.conf instead, or set
+# Don't modify this file, create your own conf/freesbie.conf instead, or set
# an environment variable called FREESBIE_CONF to the absolute path of
# your configuration file. Alternatively, you can set the variables
-# you want to override as environment variables
+# you want to override as environment variables.
+#
+# Hint: when creating your own file, do not copy freesbie.defaults.conf,
+# create it anew and override only the variables you need. Pay attention
+# not to use the syntax
+# BASEDIR=${BASEDIR:-"/foo/bla"}
+# otherwise you'll end up using the default value of BASEDIR instead of
+# "foo/bla" !
+# Simply write:
+# BASEDIR="/foo/bla"
+
# Variables