Re: XML files in PEAR packages

Pierre-Alain Joye wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:44:15 +0200 cox@idecnet.com (Tomas V.V.Cox) wrote:

3) Use a replacement tag (best option): In package.xml: <file name="myscript.php"> <replace from="@pear_data@" to="data_dir" type="pear-config" /> </file>

This one is not that nice.

I agree is not the most flexible option, my meant with "best option" was more from the performance perspective.

You force the usage of _one_ data_dir and do not allow to share the codes for multiple installations (ie, PEAR is host shared but the data is in user home).

It's supposed that XMLs shipped within a package are read-only (well I did suppose that), so it is good to have the same XMLs for all your users.

I have to say that using this option is evil :)

If one needs write access to the xml files and/or access from the web doc root, I'd install them so: pear -d data_dir=/home/foo/htdocs/xmls install MyPackage.tgz I do that for example with HTML_TreeMenu and its .js. Anyway custom package data handling is not our best point in installer ;) Tomas V.V.Cox