[phpLogCon] install.php remove or not

[Peter Vrabec]

On Friday 16 May 2008 04:44:59 pm Andre Lorbach wrote:
> > On Friday 16 May 2008 03:55:45 pm Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> > > If I understood the bugzilla entry correctly, the empty file causes
> > > other grief ;)
> > >
> > > So it might be good to add a comment to it (e.g.
>
> /*NOTCONFIGURED*/\n).
>
> > > Then, you could check that comment. Two problems solved ;)
> >
> > I agree /*NOTCONFIGURED*/\n is good idea.
> >
> > > Rainer
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 15:53 +0200, Andre Lorbach wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > we could handle the configured / installed state different if we
>
> find no
>
> > > > other way around this problem. But if possible I would like to
>
> find an
>
> > > > alternative solution for the problem first.
> > > >
> > > > The installation method in phpLogCon is similar to the method used
>
> in
>
> > > > phpbb.
> >
> > Let me see. I can't find phpBB. :(
> >
> > > > There is another thing that clearly tells you if phpLogCon was
>
> already
>
> > > > configured, if the config.php file isn't empty anymore. By default
>
> an
>
> > > > empty one with write access is shipped, right? This config.php
>
> file is
>
> > > > written by the installation routine at the very end. So only if
>
> the
>
> > > > config.php file is empty, the update needs to copy the install.php
>
> file.
>
> > > > Is it possible to handle this by the package manager?
> >
> > I'm afraid it's not possible. I can only remove the file if it was an
>
> update.
>
> > But then there is rpm -V problem.
>
> Ok what I can do is, I can add a check like I described above. If the
> config.php is empty, this means install.php is allowed to run. If the
> size of config.php is more then 0, the install.php script will deny any
> attempt to open it. In order to reconfigure phpLogCon, the config.php
> file would need to be deleted or replaced with an empty one.

thnx. Andre, I think this will push us further. I'm sorry I thought I can 
handle it in spec file, but I was wrong. I hope it helps other distros too.


> Best regards,
> Andre Lorbach
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