[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/tvheadend: change configuration directory

[Damjan Marion]

> On 30 Nov 2016, at 23:10, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> Damjan, All,
> 
> On 2016-11-28 10:45 +0100, Damjan Marion spake thusly:
>> Currently tvheadend configuration is stored in
>> /home/tvheadend/.hts/tvheadend. This patch changes this location
>> to /etc/tvheadend which seems to be more appropriate place.
> 
> I disagree. This location is not only about "configuration" but also
> about "state". It contains user-specified settings, recordings, DVB scan
> status...
> 
> For example, accesscontrol can be updated from the WebUI to add/remopve
> users or change their rights. I don't remember the full set of stuff
> that gets in there, but there's almost no "configuration", but mostly
> "settings" than can be updated a lot; the most ovious being records (not
> the media streams, but the settings like channel, start and end times...)
> 
> Besides, /etc can be read-only, and we need a writable location. And
> /etc is not a correct location to expect to be writable. /home is most
> probably writable by users (although we do not provide that guarantee in
> Buildroot, it is still much better than /etc).
> 
> So, it does not belong to /etc.

ack, what about /var/tvheadend ?

> 
> What was your rationale for moving it, besides "it seems more appropriate” ?

nothing critical, just having same behavior like other system daemons
I newer saw before system daemon storing it’s data in the user folder.


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