Re: [mv] Undefined catalog:

["Bill Randle" <billr@exgate.tek.com>]

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On Mar 31,  8:01am, Ed LaFrance wrote:
} Subject: Re: [mv] Undefined catalog:
[snip]
} >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.

Ed, I think this is in reference to the RPM package only. It apparent
puts files in standard locations, including using /etc for config files
(not the same as ~mvend/etc).

} 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.

I think this would be a good idea, as well. That way, when we run across
an issue, we can check the web page first to see if there's a known
issue and any known work-arounds.

As a side note: Mike, have you thought about using (or are you using) a bug
tracking system of any kind? I know there are several packages out
there to do this. An always uptodate web page could be built from the
bug db if you didn't want to make the bug db itself available for read
access. If you're interested in something like this, let me know offline
and I'll do a current check and give you feedback and [my] suggestions
(it's been awhile since I looked at this).

	-Bill
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