From 9298ddc6cb8607e5944973d13a82565542845e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Stanley Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:51:01 +0000 Subject: More explicit data_files install location docs Make it obvious to the reader that data_files installation target location translates to the actual system-wide root filesystem tree when installed with sufficient permissions to do so. Change-Id: I67a4dc61ab89b96b4f5e1f99f0199e5a3247412a --- doc/source/index.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index 5d6505a..62c5e95 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -264,10 +264,13 @@ for installing entire directory structures, so:: Will result in `/etc/neutron` containing `api-paste.ini` and `dhcp-agent.ini`, both of which pbr will expect to find in the `etc` directory in the root of the source tree. Additionally, `neutron.init` from that dir will be installed -in `/etc/init.d`. +in `/etc/init.d`. All of the files and directories located under `etc/pbr` in +the source tree will be installed into `/etc/pbr`. -All of the files and directories located under `etc/pbr` in the source tree -will be installed into `/etc/pbr`. +Note that this behavior is relative to the effective root of the environment +into which the packages are installed, so depending on available permissions +this could be the actual system-wide `/etc` directory or just a top-level `etc` +subdirectory of a virtualenv. entry_points ------------ -- cgit v1.2.1