[Koha-devel] zebra config files : about default.idx

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 03:40:25PM +0100, Mike Taylor wrote:
> Joshua Ferraro writes:
> >> In fact, there is a default.idx file in /usr/local/share/zebra, and
> >> my zebra-biblio.cfg had :
> >> profilePath:${srcdir:-.}:/usr/local/share/idzebra/tab/:/home/paul/koha.dev/dev_week/zebraplugin/zebradb/biblios/tab/:${srcdir:-.}/tab/
> >> 
> >> I inverted my path and /usr/local :
> >> 
> >> profilePath:${srcdir:-.}:/home/paul/koha.dev/dev_week/zebraplugin/zebradb/biblios/tab/:/usr/local/share/idzebra/tab/:${srcdir:-.}/tab/
> >> 
> >> and ... it works.
> >> Thus, it seems that profilePath directories are solved : "the 1st that 
> >> fits is choosen" instead of "the last that fits has won" (like for 
> >> cascading stylesheets for example)
> 
> Correct.
> 
> >> So my 2 questions :
> >> * did you encounter this problem and had the same conclusion ?
> >> * don't you think it could be reported as a problem to indexdata ?
> >> * isn't the wiki wrong on this ? (I can change it if you confirm)
> >> 
> >> and yes, I know, that's 3 questions ;-)
> > I have encountered that problem, yes. I have not confirmed your
> > solution, but I will and I will also write ID and ask them if it's
> > a bug or a feature. And yes, please make a note on the wiki.
> 
> This is not a bug.  It is the standard interpretation of what "path"
> means in every context I can think of: the PATH environment variable
> that chooses which commands to run in Unix, the MANPATH environment
> variable that finds documentation, the include paths made by -I
> command-line options to GCC, Perl and other tools.
hmmm ... in my experience, it's actually the exact opposite of what
path means :-) I would expect that the last item in a given list
would be the one to take priority as in the PATH environment
variable :-) That is, I go:

PATH=$PATH:/data/myscripts

not:

PATH=/data/myscripts:$PATH

when I want to add a new path that overrides the defaults.

Cheers,

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