Using autodownloaded data system wide

[Hans de Goede]

On 05/10/2009 06:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> Since the autodownloader stuff came up, I thought I'd ask if there is
> an easy way to install autodownloaded data system wide for most games
> that use this feature?
>
> I ask because I found that for uqm the data get's put in the person's
> home directory and didn't see any options for doing anything else. Nor
> did I see any script that would allow root to copy the data someplace
> else to make the data available to all users.
>
> I filed a futurefeature request (498733) againts uqm for this, but was
> wondering if this case was more the exception than the rule?
>

The case of autodownloader putting the downloaded stuff in the users
homedir is the rule, not the exception. For one simple reason: security

Making something like autodl work *safely* in a system central way is
going to be a huge pain.

Regards,

Hans