make install without messing with previous configuration?

[Nicolas Goutte]

Am 15.07.2009 um 09:53 schrieb Stefan Winter:

> Hi,
>
>> I do not know how to do it at compile time but you can do it at
>> runtime by specifing -d your_directory to radiusd.
>>
>> So perhaps a make install will install many configuration files but
>> not where *your* configuration is.
>
> Yes, I considered pointing --with-raddb-dir=/tmp/trash or so. But I

I am not sure but does that mean that the binary that you create would  
point to that directory too. So in that case, you would have to  
specify the real directory at runtime too.

> don't want a one-time installation problem to require attention  
> whenever
> I run the service in the future. It is then something to remember
> constantly (and to document for on-duty personnel etc. ...), only to  
> fix
> a single-shot problem. It just doesn't sound right to me.

Yes, I had not seen it from that point of view.

>
> Greetings,

Have a nice day!

>
> Stefan
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