hard coded locations for monitrc

[Klaus Heinz]

Hi,

I would like to propose a change regarding the hard coded locations
of the monit configuration file.
Instead of having the fixed string "/usr/local/etc/monitrc" in file.c
why not using the (already existing) switch "--sysconfdir" provided
by the configure script?

The default location would remain "/usr/local/etc" (as sysconfdir is
defined as "$prefix/etc" and prefix is "/usr/local") but it would be
possible for people to override this. The pkgsrc package system for
NetBSD and Dragonfly BSD (and some other operating systems) is usually
set up to install into a directory hierarchy other than /usr/local.


As a consequence of this proposed change, it would be desirable to have
the location of the configuration file noted in the man page. Up to now
the parameters supplied to the configure script are not patched into the
man page during the configure or build stage.

The appended patches implement this proposal for using "--sysconfdir"
and building monit.1 dynamically from monit.1.in.
Apply all patches in the source directory, then rename the patched
"monit.1" to "monit.1.in", then run "configure" and "gmake".

ciao
     Klaus

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