Re: [PATCH] - New WIN32 hosts file code - REWORKED

Robert Collins wrote:

> So I've been meaning to ask - Henrik are you happy with this patch? I
> see no problem, and $SYSNETDB could be made to a macro replacement
> rather than a complete path later on. For now it will make cygwin and
> win32 users life easier, without substatively harming end users or the
> source :].

I would prefer if $SYSNETDB was a magic variable that expands to the
directory, not the full path. Also, I'd like to keep /etc/hosts as the
default on UNIX platforms if possible as $SYSNETDB is most likely going to
confuse many people who have never considered that /etc/hosts may be
somewhere else than /etc/hosts.

What I'd really would like is if $SYSNETDB and other similar variables was
set at startup, for example including the autoconf path prefixes, and then
having any environment variable expanded in any configured paths, not only
etc_hosts and/or $SYSNETDB.

For now, my main problem is the $SYSNETDB default value on all platforms.
The rest can be dealt with later.

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Henrik