Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/3] Support --sysconfdir in configure to specify path to configuration files (v3)

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 01/25/2010 10:14 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 01/25/2010 03:05 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > > > I'm not sure about the choice for Windows. Do we want
> > > > > possibly a dozen of .conf files all in the same directory as
> > > > > the binaries, or maybe it's better to set sysconfdir =
> > > > > ${prefix}/conf, confdir=${sysconfdir} on Windows?
> > > >
> > > > I honestly don't know. What's the normal thing to do with
> > > > Windows?
> > >
> > > The registry, I think.
> >
> > The registry would be used indeed to get the path or to override
> > defaults. However, what would be the default value (written in the
> > registry by the installer, or used by the program if the registry
> > value is absent)?
>
> ini-style configs are not at all uncommon on Windows. I also don't
> think it's that uncommon to store executables and config files
> side-by-side in a Program Files directory.

Indeed, that's what I'm saying.  The registry may hold a path to the
ini files, but you would still have to think of a sane default.  You
chose the binaries' directory, fine, that's not a huge deal---someone
who cares about Windows can step up and say what they think.

Paolo