[PATCH] xfree86: Allow a config directory for multiple config files

[Daniel Stone]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 12:47:26PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 06:33:41PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> > Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > > One more thing about this patchset. what's the behaviour if the server is
> > > run with Xorg -config foobar.conf?
> > > 
> > > Does it still scan xorg.conf.d? If so, we need an option to disable that so
> > > one can force _only_ the use of a custom xorg.conf, without system
> > > configurations interfering.
> > 
> > A command line option or a setting in the foobar.conf ?
> 
> I'd say a commandline option at least. I'm not sure how much use a .conf
> option would be to disable scanning of the xorg.conf directory, it seems
> execessive.

How about:
  * -config can be specified multiple times
  * directories can be specified as well as files
  * any specification on the command line overrides the default
  * the default is $(sysconfdir)/X11/xorg.conf:$(sysconfdir)/X11/xorg.conf.d

That should generally DTRT.

Cheers,
Daniel
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