[syslog-ng] Changing sysconf dir ?!

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 16:24 +0200, Jochen Kirn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does it make sense to rework the "--sysconfdir" option  of  configure,
> so that I can define the actual directory where syslog-ng.conf is
> being placed ?
> 
> $ ./configure --sysconfdir=/usr/local/syslog-ng/etc 
> $ make && make install
> 
> -> /usr/local/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
> 
> where it should look like
> 
> /usr/local/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng.conf
> (without the unneccessary/additional 'syslog-ng' directory
> in /usr/local/syslog-ng/etc) 
> 

This is fixed in syslog-ng 1.9.x, however I'm reluctant to change this
in 1.6.x as many build scripts rely on the fact that "syslog-ng" is
appended.

So you have to patch the configure script to achieve this, sorry.

-- 
Bazsi