[Zope-dev] INSTANCE_HOME vs. SOFTWARE_HOME

[Martijn Pieters]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:18:52PM +0100, Morten W. Petersen wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> some people have asked me to use INSTANCE_HOME instead of SOFTWARE_HOME,
> which breaks their products on debian distros.
> 
> Now, I'm not sure that won't break other systems if I change it; anyone
> care to share?

What are you using the variable for?

If you want to reach the var, import or Extensions directories, use
INSTANCE_HOME, if you want to reach a Products directory, use both
variables.

On Debian systems, Zope is by default installed as a seperate
INSTANCE_HOME and SOFTWARE_HOME system.

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