fixing #4386: use more sane configuration and data file structure

3 files changed, 38 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/Makefile.am b/src/util/Makefile.am
index 54f0f0e38..f52bc81c6 100644
--- a/src/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/util/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ if USE_COVERAGE
   XLIB = -lgcov
 endif
 
+
+pkgcfgdir = $(prefix)/share/taler/config.d/
+
+pkgcfg_DATA = \
+  paths.conf
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+  paths.conf
+
 if WALLET_ONLY
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = \
   libtalerutil_wallet.la
diff --git a/src/util/paths.conf b/src/util/paths.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03febb0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/paths.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This file is in the public domain.
+#
+[PATHS]
+# The PATHS section is special, as filenames including $-expression are
+# expanded using the values from PATHS or the system environment (PATHS
+# is checked first).  Taler also supports expanding $-expressions using
+# defaults with the syntax "${VAR:-default}".  Here, "default" can again
+# be a $-expression.
+#
+# We usually want $HOME for $TALER_HOME, but we allow testcases to
+# easily override this by setting $TALER_TEST_HOME.
+#
+TALER_HOME = ${TALER_TEST_HOME:-${HOME:-${USERPROFILE}}}
+
+# see XDG Base Directory Specification at
+# http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+# for how these should be used.
+
+# Persistant data storage
+TALER_DATA_HOME = ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.local/share}/taler/
+
+# Configuration files
+TALER_CONFIG_HOME = ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.config}/taler/
+
+# Cached data, no big deal if lost
+TALER_CACHE_HOME = ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.cache}/taler/
+
+# Runtime data (always lost on system boot)
+TALER_RUNTIME_DIR = ${TMPDIR:-${TMP:-/tmp}}/taler-system-runtime/
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 434ce8a9d..d5fa8c05c 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -89,31 +89,4 @@ TALER_config_get_denom (struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
 }
 
 
-/**
- * Load configuration by parsing all configuration
- * files in the given directory.
- *
- * @param base_dir directory with the configuration files
- * @return NULL on error, otherwise configuration
- */
-struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *
-TALER_config_load (const char *base_dir)
-{
-  struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg;
-  char *cfg_dir;
-  int res;
-
-  res = GNUNET_asprintf (&cfg_dir,
-                         "%s" DIR_SEPARATOR_STR "config",
-                         base_dir);
-  GNUNET_assert (res > 0);
-  cfg = GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_create ();
-  res = GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_load_from (cfg, cfg_dir);
-  GNUNET_free (cfg_dir);
-  if (GNUNET_OK != res)
-   return NULL;
-  return cfg;
-}
-
-
 /* end of util.c */