better install the setup.ini direcly into $ORIGIN

seems to be the most obvious location to install it

SConstruct

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def defineBuildTargets(env, artifacts):
     artifacts['corelib'] = core
     artifacts['support'] = lLib
     artifacts['lumiera'] = ( env.Program('lumiera', ['src/lumiera/main.cpp'], LIBS=core, install=True)
-                           + env.ConfigData(env.path.srcConf+'setup.ini')
+                           + env.ConfigData(env.path.srcConf+'setup.ini', targetDir='$ORIGIN')
                            + env.ConfigData(env.path.srcConf+'dummy_lumiera.ini')
                            )
     

admin/scons/LumieraEnvironment.py

@@ -165,10 +165,27 @@ def register_LumieraResourceBuilder(env):
          env.Install (toInstall, source)
          return env.Install(toBuild, source)
     
-    def ConfigData(env, source):
+    def ConfigData(env, source, targetDir=None):
+         """ install (copy) configuration- and metadata.
+             target dir is either the install location configured (in SConstruct),
+             or an explicitly given absolute or relative path segment, which might refer
+             to the location of the executable through the $ORIGIN token
+         """   
          subdir = getDirname(str(source), env.path.srcConf) # removes source location path prefix
-         toBuild = env.path.buildConf+subdir
+         if targetDir:
-         toInstall = env.path.installConf+subdir
+             if path.isabs(targetDir):
+                 toBuild = toInstall = path.join(targetDir,subdir)
+             else:
+                 if targetDir.startswith('$ORIGIN'):
+                     targetDir = targetDir[len('$ORIGIN'):]
+                     toBuild = path.join(env.path.buildExe, targetDir, subdir)
+                     toInstall = path.join(env.path.installExe, targetDir, subdir)
+                 else:
+                     toBuild = path.join(env.path.buildConf, targetDir, subdir)
+                     toInstall = path.join(env.path.installConf, targetDir, subdir)
+         else:
+             toBuild = path.join(env.path.buildConf,subdir)
+             toInstall = path.join(env.path.installConf,subdir)
          env.Install (toInstall, source)
          return env.Install(toBuild, source)
     

data/config/setup.ini

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 gui          = gtk_gui.lum
 modulepath   = $ORIGIN/modules
-configpath   = $ORIGIN/../../share/lumiera/config:~/.lumiera
+configpath   = $ORIGIN/../../share/lumiera/config:$ORIGIN/config:~/.lumiera   # unused currently (2/2011)
 title        = Lumiera
 version      = 0.pre.01
 website      = http://www.lumiera.org

src/common/appstate.cpp

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ using util::cStr;
 using lib::Literal;
 
 
-#define LOCATION_OF_BOOTSTRAP_INI  "$ORIGIN/config/setup.ini" 
-
 
 
 namespace lumiera {
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ namespace lumiera {
    *  client codes POV it just behaves like intended). 
    */
   AppState::AppState()
-    : setup_(LOCATION_OF_BOOTSTRAP_INI)
+    : setup_(LUMIERA_LOCATION_OF_BOOTSTRAP_INI)
     , subsystems_(0)
     , emergency_(false)
     , core_up_ (false)

src/common/basic-setup.hpp

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #include <string>
 
 
+/** "bootstrapIni" : the basic setup configuration to load */
+#define LUMIERA_LOCATION_OF_BOOTSTRAP_INI  "$ORIGIN/setup.ini" 
+
+
+
 namespace lumiera {
   
   using std::string;