[TYPO3-dam] Configured search paths for external programs:

[Michiel Roos]

Hi guys,

Xavier, I added a not to that bug. Have experienced the same and since  
used copies or hard links.

But it makes sense to use the SYS binPath and binSetup.

Please post a feature request in the bugtracker.

On May 14, 2008, at 12:01 AM, Xavier Perseguers wrote:

> Hello,
>
>> At the bottom of the indexing module you can find some paths  
>> (Configured
>> search paths for external programs:) that will be used for  
>> searching the
>> apps like catdoc needed for indexing. The paths are default
>> /bin/,/usr/bin/,/usr/local/bin/. In some of my installations we have
>> SAFE_MODE running and there DAM uses an extra path like:
>> /var/www/php/safe_mode_exec/
>>
>> Now this path is set in many places in an installation (mainly  
>> indexed
>> search). It looks to me like the paths from indexed search are used  
>> in
>> DAM as well except for exiftools, that needs to be set separately for
>> some reason.
>>
>> Most logical would be if all is configured in: [SYS][binPath] and /  
>> or
>> [SYS][binSetup].
>>
>> I do not really understand the logic at the moment.
>
> Further there is a huge different between indexed_search which asks  
> the
> user to enter path to different helper tool (catdoc, ...) and the
> service API which actually performs additional checks to see whether
> external tools are working or not. Safe mode is only a possible  
> issue. I
> have another one that I document quite a while ago and is still open:
>
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8130
>
> -- 
> Xavier Perseguers
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