Use a decent alternative for /etc/conf.d/snapper

[DevWurm]

Use a decent fallback if /etc/conf.d/snapper does not exist, by considering all available snapper configurations.

On some installations (like mine on ubuntu) the /etc/conf.d/snapper file doesn't exist. By using all available configurations in the snapper config file folder, the tool also works on those systems.

[wesbarnett]

I didn't realize it was not in that location on other distributions. It looks like for Ubuntu it is at /etc/sysconfig/snapper: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/snapper.8.html

The problem of looking in the directory is that someone can have a configuration that they no longer use.I have several configurations that I created for snapper but have stopped using simply by modifying the global configuration file.

[DevWurm]

So in my case it's not even there and i have no idea were it could be :/

[wesbarnett]

What does your local manpage say for snapper? Perhaps the location has changed.

[DevWurm]

It says /etc/sysconfig/snapper but I dont even have the directory /etc/sysconfig. The man page may be outdated

[wesbarnett]

I believe the default that upstream provides is /etc/sysconfig/snapper and that Arch Linux changes this to /etc/conf.d/snapper. How about locate snapper?

[wesbarnett]

I'm thinking the right way to fix this is to not include every possible location of the configuration file, but instead use the upstream's location by default and then at installation somehow provide an option to specify a different location.

[DevWurm]

Just desktop files and icons:

/usr/share/app-install/desktop/repsnapper:repsnapper.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/icons/repsnapper.svg
/var/lib/app-info/icons/ubuntu-xenial-universe/64x64/repsnapper_repsnapper.png

[wesbarnett]

Not even the executable is found (i.e. /usr/bin/snapper)?

[wesbarnett]

cat /etc/cron.daily/snapper

[DevWurm]

Oh there it is!
Its /etc/default/snapper on Ubuntu.
You were right: It was referenced in /etc/cron.daily/snapper

[wesbarnett]

I'll make this easier to set in the script and available via the Makefile.