[Dovecot] v2.0 configuration paths

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI eduardo at kalinowski.com.br
Mon Aug 31 20:17:04 EEST 2009


On Seg, 31 Ago 2009, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> In Dovecot v2.0 I'm splitting dovecot-example.conf to multiple files.
> It's probably annoying to have tons of dovecot-*-example.conf files, so
> what do you think about:
>
> 1. Change default sysconfdir from $prefix/etc to $prefix/etc/dovecot
> (that's what most distros do anyway)

That's a good change.

> 2. Install *.conf files to $sysconfdir/example/ without the "-example"
> part in any of the config files.
>
> So new installations would then start with "mv example/* ."

However, I don't think anywhere under /etc is the best place for  
example configuration files. I think they belong rather under  
/usr/share, though is no big deal if they are elsewhere.


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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