/boot/home/config/be is missing breaking the Deskbar

[bbjimmy]

hrev43324

The Deskbar menu folder had been moved to /boot/home/config/settings/deskbar, but there is no symlink to the folder named be in boot/home/config making all the BeOS, and some haiku, programs that place symlinks in the Deskbar menu break.

There is a symlink in /boot/home/config/settings named be that links to boot/home/config/settings/deskbar. This one should be removed as there is no need for it.

solution:

place a link to /boot/home/config/settings/deskbar in /boot/home/config and name it be

remove the be symlink in /boot/home/config/settings

[Disreali]

Is this a situation in which adding a B_USER_DESKBAR_MENU_DIRECTORY entry to FindDirectory.h would be useful?

[bbjimmy]

Most installers execute a shell script to place a symlink in the Deskbar menu. Beos used ~/config/be for the Deskbar menu. Haiku is now using ~/config/settings/deskbar for the Deskbar menu. I don't think that B_USER_DESKBAR_MENU_DIRECTORY will override a directory path placed in a shell script or compiled installer for a legacy (BoOS hrev5) program.

[bonefish]

Just rechecked the original changeset introducing the change and the symlink. I'd say it's just an oversight and the symlink was intended to live in ~/config directly.

[zooey]

Replying to bbjimmy:

Most installers execute a shell script to place a symlink in the Deskbar menu. Beos used ~/config/be for the Deskbar menu. Haiku is now using ~/config/settings/deskbar for the Deskbar menu. I don't think that B_USER_DESKBAR_MENU_DIRECTORY will override a directory path placed in a shell script or compiled installer for a legacy (BoOS hrev5) program.

If it doesn't, that's just an indication that the program should use find_directory (either the function or the cmdline utility). :-)

Anyway, since I'm sure many programs/installers have hardcoded the path, we do need the compatibility link in the right place.

Fixed in hrev43374.