[Zope] init.d script and out of place instances

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On 23 Nov 2005, at 23:59, Fernando Martins wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> As far as I can see and tried, the zope2.8 script only deals with  
> instances
> which are created in the default instance directory,
> /var/lib/zope2.8/instance/.
>
> I would prefer to keep a specific instance of zope in a different  
> directory,
> together with other related directories, e.g. files from LocalFS.  
> That is, I
> prefer to have all directories of the application, zope or not,  
> under a
> common directory. Is there anything wrong with this approach??
>
> I tried to symlink into the instance into /var/lib/zope2.8/instance  
> but the
> start script fails. BTW, where are the messages logged? (I'm  
> running Ubuntu)
>
> Is there any solution? Is this specific to the distribution?

Zope itself does not ship with an init.d script. So yes, this is most  
likely a distribution/packaging issue that should be brought to the  
packagers' attention.

jens