Forum: Ruby-core [ruby-trunk - Bug #6121][Open] [[Ruby 1.9:]] Etc.sysconfdir hides sysconfdir on windows

Issue #6121 has been reported by Michal Papis.

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Bug #6121: [[Ruby 1.9:]] Etc.sysconfdir hides sysconfdir on windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6121

Author: Michal Papis
Status: Open
Priority: Low
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p125 (2012-02-16 revision 34643) [x86_64-linux]


While checking on this issue https://gist.github.com/1981223 I found out 
that Etc.sysconfdir is inconsistently behaving between Linux and 
Windows.

This issue is related to rubygems also: 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/291

On linux you can change sysconfdir with:
--sysconfdir
--prefix
and the calculated path will be available for rubygems and via 
Etc.sysconfdir

But on Windows users have no option to force a sysconfdir, they will 
always use default location (~ C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Application Data).

Also this is not consistent to the documentation header for this 
function.

Is this intended behavior ?

I could see few occasions where it should be supported to allow 
switching to system location even --prefix / --sysconfdir was used, but 
this should be rather configurable not a forced setting.

Even if this is not being implemented/fixed could I get a statement if 
it is good for rubygems to follow Etc.sysconfdir behavior or it should 
rather using RbConfig::CONFIG['sysconfdir'] ?

Issue #6121 has been updated by Yui NARUSE.

Status changed from Open to Assigned
Assignee set to Usaku NAKAMURA


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Bug #6121: [[Ruby 1.9:]] Etc.sysconfdir hides sysconfdir on windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6121

Author: Michal Papis
Status: Assigned
Priority: Low
Assignee: Usaku NAKAMURA
Category:
Target version:
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p125 (2012-02-16 revision 34643) [x86_64-linux]


While checking on this issue https://gist.github.com/1981223 I found out 
that Etc.sysconfdir is inconsistently behaving between Linux and 
Windows.

This issue is related to rubygems also: 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/291

On linux you can change sysconfdir with:
--sysconfdir
--prefix
and the calculated path will be available for rubygems and via 
Etc.sysconfdir

But on Windows users have no option to force a sysconfdir, they will 
always use default location (~ C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Application Data).

Also this is not consistent to the documentation header for this 
function.

Is this intended behavior ?

I could see few occasions where it should be supported to allow 
switching to system location even --prefix / --sysconfdir was used, but 
this should be rather configurable not a forced setting.

Even if this is not being implemented/fixed could I get a statement if 
it is good for rubygems to follow Etc.sysconfdir behavior or it should 
rather using RbConfig::CONFIG['sysconfdir'] ?

Issue #6121 has been updated by usa (Usaku NAKAMURA).

Category set to build
Priority changed from Low to Normal
Target version set to 2.0.0


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Bug #6121: [[Ruby 1.9:]] Etc.sysconfdir hides sysconfdir on windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6121#change-32059

Author: mpapis (Michal Papis)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)
Category: build
Target version: 2.0.0
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p125 (2012-02-16 revision 34643) [x86_64-linux]


While checking on this issue https://gist.github.com/1981223 I found out 
that Etc.sysconfdir is inconsistently behaving between Linux and 
Windows.

This issue is related to rubygems also: 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/291

On linux you can change sysconfdir with:
--sysconfdir
--prefix
and the calculated path will be available for rubygems and via 
Etc.sysconfdir

But on Windows users have no option to force a sysconfdir, they will 
always use default location (~ C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Application Data).

Also this is not consistent to the documentation header for this 
function.

Is this intended behavior ?

I could see few occasions where it should be supported to allow 
switching to system location even --prefix / --sysconfdir was used, but 
this should be rather configurable not a forced setting.

Even if this is not being implemented/fixed could I get a statement if 
it is good for rubygems to follow Etc.sysconfdir behavior or it should 
rather using RbConfig::CONFIG['sysconfdir'] ?

Issue #6121 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

Target version changed from 2.0.0 to next minor

Postponing it to next minor.
Usa-san, let me know if you think it is a significant issue.

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Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
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Bug #6121: [[Ruby 1.9:]] Etc.sysconfdir hides sysconfdir on windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6121#change-36513

Author: mpapis (Michal Papis)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)
Category: build
Target version: next minor
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p125 (2012-02-16 revision 34643) [x86_64-linux]


While checking on this issue https://gist.github.com/1981223 I found out 
that Etc.sysconfdir is inconsistently behaving between Linux and 
Windows.

This issue is related to rubygems also: 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/291

On linux you can change sysconfdir with:
--sysconfdir
--prefix
and the calculated path will be available for rubygems and via 
Etc.sysconfdir

But on Windows users have no option to force a sysconfdir, they will 
always use default location (~ C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Application Data).

Also this is not consistent to the documentation header for this 
function.

Is this intended behavior ?

I could see few occasions where it should be supported to allow 
switching to system location even --prefix / --sysconfdir was used, but 
this should be rather configurable not a forced setting.

Even if this is not being implemented/fixed could I get a statement if 
it is good for rubygems to follow Etc.sysconfdir behavior or it should 
rather using RbConfig::CONFIG['sysconfdir'] ?