Re: [mv] Undefined catalog:

[Ed LaFrance <newmedia@newmediaems.com>]

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At 12:46 AM 3/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Mike Heins 
><mikeh@minivend.com>     ******
>
>Quoting Fred Romito (fred@fabrikant.com):
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to this product but, after looking
> > at this problem for a few days I could use
> > some help.
> >
> > I have installed MiniVend
> > on an Netfinity running Linux 6.1
> >
> > I used the rpm version to install and all seems fine.
> > Both the basic and simple catalogs work
> >
> > Overtime I try to run a catalog constructed with bin/makecat
> > I get the Undefined catalog: message
> >
>
>I just realized this the other day. The makecat facility is placing the
>catalog definition in /usr/local/minivend/minivend.cfg, and the minivend
>program is using /etc/minivend.cfg. Move the catalog definitions there
>and all should be OK; you could also edit /usr/local/bin/minivend to
>use /usr/local/minivend/minivend.cfg.
>
>I will do something about this in the next release.

Mike -

What version(s) are affected?  I recently installed 4.03 and I don't see 
the anomaly.  minivend.cfg is located in my minivend root and has the entry 
for the installed catalog.  The only cfg file in mvend/etc is 
'makecat.cfg', which appears to contain the path and URL defaults for the 
Q&A in the makecat script.

Could we have a little more detail about this issue.  I would also like to 
make a suggestion - a 'known issues' list, front-and-center on the minivend 
download page or navigation bar.  It could save a lot of unnecessary, 
redundant aggravation for a lot of people. If there is such a list now, I 
am sorry, but I can't find it.  If it is in the 'readme' files which are 
packed with the distribution, that's great, but I think it should be online 
as well.

- Ed L.

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