Subj : Re: Compiling Huskybse
To   : Al
From : Avon
Date : Sun Jan 10 2021 19:42:56

On 09 Jan 2021 at 10:27p, Al pondered and said...
 
 Al>  Av> Deon seems to have set PERL=1 so perl support enabled?
 Al>  Av> I also see USE_HPTZIP=1 in Deon's script, what's the merits of that o
 Al>  Av> guys? 
 Al> 
 Al> Yes, I have both of those options enabled although I don't use them. If
 Al> I use hptzip then htick can't get file descriptions from the file_id.diz
 Al> when tossing files, so I just use zip and unzip.
 Al> 

OK I'll use them then but may need a hand to bypass should I hit the same
issues.

 Al>  Av> Can someone comment on the CFGDIR=$(PREFIX)/etc/fido option in
 Al>  Av> huskymak.cfg do I need to alter that or be locked into using that? Or
 Al>  Av> to go with this default?
 Al> 
 Al> You can go with the default. If you leave it alone the husky stuff will
 Al> look for a file called /usr/local/etc/fido/config for it's config file.
 Al> 
 Al> I use /usr/local/etc/config but that is a choice you make. You can also
 Al> call the file something other than config if you like, but it'll work as
 Al> it is.

it seems a pain to have the config there if I am putting the rest of the
files in a dir called husky, I'm wondering if I should change that link. Hmm

 Al>  Av> huskybse - when to do that one?
 Al> 
 Al> Yes, you just need the huskymak.cfg from there, copy it down a directory
 Al> to your husky root, edit it to your needs and go.

OK thanks :)

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