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It was me :) The way it was avoided was to provide some external variables that a user could set with database username and password in, that in turn the ebuild used during compilation. Too many users simply didn't know about them, and then complained when they had to re-install the package after ...

Makes sense... Is there any way I can "install" zmconfig.pl on the user's system, for them to run after the package installs - to set up the database parameters again. I'm guessing not, if the parameters are hardcoded into the binaries. This is for a Gentoo ebuild, which absolutely must be non ...

Hi, I'm just wondering why the settings are done during compilation, and not post-install in a config file such as /etc/zoneminder.conf ? I ask, because the during-install configuration is an arse when it comes to package managers. I could provide a dummy conf, but why do is this way at all? Are ...