Re: storing full paths in configuration

From: Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>
To: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
Cc: Desktop Devel <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: storing full paths in configuration
Date: 12 May 2003 14:07:37 +0100

Hey,

On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 23:45, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It's a bad idea to put the full path to the user's homedir in
> configuration files, because the user may use the same homedir 
> with multiple machines (different nfs mountpoints etc)

...

>   /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0t1042494582ut679501u2379p8004r1608175216k3221218252:
>     launcher_location = file:///home/devel/hp/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/hammer-001ea70be8.desktop

	Fixed on HEAD ...

Good Luck,
Mark.

References:
- storing full paths in configuration
  - From: Havoc Pennington

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