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From: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>
Subject: Re: [ulogd2 PATCH] ulogd2: add new config option: load_all_plugins
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:43:36 +0200
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On 30 September 2017 at 12:12, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 11:48:11AM +0200, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
>> On 30 September 2017 at 11:43, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
>> <arturo@netfilter.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, but how could we avoid putting there a complex, arch-dependant path?
>>
>> i.e, in Debian this means a path like:
>>
>> /usr/lib/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64/ulogd/ulogd_filter_IFINDEX.so
>>
>> so user should use /usr/lib/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64/ which is very ugly.
>> If the config file is copied to a machine with a different arch, amd64
>> for example, then path should be modified to:
>>
>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ulogd/
>>
>> Complex and ugly. We should avoid that. I think we should offer a
>> default at build/configure time.
>
> I think @pkglibdir@ in ulogd.conf.in will set this to the
> corresponding arch-dependent folder at configure/build time, right?

The point is to don't have the ugly string in the config file.
Transparent to the user. Simplify the config file.