Re: Relocatable installs

Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> >Comments?
> >  
> >
> What's wrong with the way it's done by everybody else?
> 
> Have hardcoded paths (determined at configure time), and allow override 
> using a config file. Have a command line option for saying where the 
> config file should be.

Where do we put the config file so it can be found?  We can't assume
root privilege to write into /etc.

> For Windows, replace config file with "Registry". That is usually 
> hardcoded for (depending on whether you want it changeable per-user) 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\<company name>\<product name> (replace HKLM 
> with HKEY_LOCAL_USER if you want per-user config).

Doesn't registry require admin privilege on the Windows box?

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