Allow compile time override of default data dir #1198
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How is this handled for other applications on macOS? I can't imagine every application has their own environment variable for global configuration files. |
The environment variable here only exists at compile time. It is not read (and will not be present) at runtime. How other tools handle this depends completely on the build system... A project using autotools, for example, would probably use |
But we're not the only application being compiled. Every application is.
There is no uniform environment variable or anything like that? A fakeroot to build during homebrew? This seems ridiculous. |
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Abandoning this due to #822 (comment) |
This patch is an attempt to fix #822
Allowing Homebrew installs to override the default data directory would allow us to use a custom path (likely
$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/lib/phylum/extensions) for extensions when installed via homebrew.DRAFT
Feedback is welcome, but I am still testing this. A companion PR will be needed in phylum-dev/homebrew-cli to fully accomplish this.