Add --print-paths / --print-paths-as-flags - #21898
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Resolving configdir, cachedir, datadir, moduledir, localedir and library.db today means reading source or -d dev debug spew, since --help only says "depends on your installation". A direct query is needed to compare paths across an apt/from-source/flatpak install during migration, and to point a new install at an existing one's paths/database without hand-deriving them.
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Has anybody ever raised an issue about this? This seems to be a fix in search of a problem. |
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configdir,cachedir,datadir,moduledir,localedirandlibrary.dbtoday means reading source or -d dev debug spew, since--helponly says "depends on your installation". A direct query is needed to compare paths across an apt/from-source/flatpak install during migration, and to point a new install at an existing one's paths/database without hand-deriving them.This patch exposes the paths in an easy to use way, thus simplifying actual paths used and thus making it easier to migrate from one of binaries to another or check the right location for binaries, configuration or database content in these paths.