Bug 99241

Summary:	Move KDE configuration files to /etc
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Adam <adam.richard2023>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Adam 2005-02-13 02:19:39 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.1)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

At least some system-wide KDE configuration files are in /usr/kde/<version>/... This causes problems with backing up - it's more convenient to only backup /etc and expect all configuration files to be included there.  It might also go against the FSSTND though I'm not sure.

Furthermore, the presence of the version-specific folder (e.g. /usr/kde/3.3) is annoying at least for the reason that it causes configuration to be reset to defaults when I upgrade KDE (e.g. the Login Manager configuration).  Maybe there's a good reason for that approach but I don't know what it is.

Comment 1 Thiago Macieira 2005-02-13 03:04:04 UTC

You can already do that. There's /etc/kderc that sets the dirs KDE reads. And KDEDIRS sets where to find the information.

KDE doesn't use /usr/kde/<version> by default. That's something your distribution made. We use /usr/local.

Comment 2 Adam 2005-02-13 03:48:00 UTC

OK, interesting.  I don't have a /etc/kderc file.  Is it supposed to get installed with KDE?

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2005-02-13 13:39:41 UTC

your problem is with gentoo and you should use gentoo.org to report that problem. KDE will only install where told and that's not in /etc by default

Comment 4 Adam 2005-02-14 14:52:00 UTC

OK, I see that now and maybe I will start a bug report at bugs.gentoo.org, but I'd just like to know whether there's supposed to be a /etc/kderc file on a properly installed KDE installation?

Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2005-02-14 17:08:39 UTC

Not necessarly, no. I only have a /etc/kde3rc ;)