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When testing the Linux install process for 7.24.x I noticed that there is an /etc/boinc-client directory which I didn't think existed in the Fedora world. I went back to some previous releases and there is an /etc/boinc-client directory in those releases too. Looking into the contents, there was only one file, config.properties (boinc.conf in 7.24.x). The config.properties just contained the DATA_DIR=/var/lib/boinc and the boinc.conf contained the init.d start variables but they were all commented out. What is the purpose for this directory in the Fedora world and is it destined to stay or be removed? Maybe backward compatibility? Neither seem to provide a real purpose as the same data is contained in the systemd services file for the most part.
UPDATE: It seems to be needed for the Manager. Without it, the manager can't find the data_dir and issues a message that it can't find gui.rpc.auth.cfg. Based on this information i'm going to open a new issue for the 7.24.x install. Manager can't find the DATA_DIR with the current boinc.conf (which currently contains nothing but comments)
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When testing the Linux install process for 7.24.x I noticed that there is an /etc/boinc-client directory which I didn't think existed in the Fedora world. I went back to some previous releases and there is an /etc/boinc-client directory in those releases too. Looking into the contents, there was only one file, config.properties (boinc.conf in 7.24.x). The config.properties just contained the DATA_DIR=/var/lib/boinc and the boinc.conf contained the init.d start variables but they were all commented out. What is the purpose for this directory in the Fedora world and is it destined to stay or be removed? Maybe backward compatibility? Neither seem to provide a real purpose as the same data is contained in the systemd services file for the most part.
UPDATE: It seems to be needed for the Manager. Without it, the manager can't find the data_dir and issues a message that it can't find gui.rpc.auth.cfg. Based on this information i'm going to open a new issue for the 7.24.x install. Manager can't find the DATA_DIR with the current boinc.conf (which currently contains nothing but comments)
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