Just saw on the changelog file that the configuration file is disabled due to performance issues, which is understandable. It's a shame though since the configuration file is indeed very useful (thinking of filters mostly here). Are you sure that there is overhead other than in snoopy's startup routine? I'd imagine such a piece of software would be written with that sort of concern in mind.
The devs seem pretty approachable on GitHub, maybe they can clear this out or offer a solution with low overhead? Let me know if I can help in any way. On 12 September 2016 at 18:50, Alex Henry <tuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: snoopy > Version: 2.3.1-2 > Severity: normal > > Hello! The doc files provided for snoopy reference the > /etc/snoopy.ini file but I can't seem to find it. > Perhaps this package has been compiled without > the config file support? > > If that is the case then some of the doc files need > to be either updated or removed. If the file is > somehwere but I can't seem to find it then the docs > should be updated and probably a symbolic link be > created from /etc/snoopy.etc to the actual file. > > In any case, if that is not already being done, I > believe that snoopy should definitely be compiled with > --enable-config-file for maximum admin control, since > the whole point of having a binary package via apt is > to avoid having to compile the source code ourselves > (which we could do to change compile-time > parameters/configuration/options). > > Thanks for maintaning this package. I just found out > today about it and it will certainly help me > diagnose a problem here. To find it already on Debian > was a real treat and made me proud of my distro! > > Thanks a bunch! > > PS: `find /|grep snoopy.ini` finds nothing for me. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages snoopy depends on: > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59 > ii libc6 2.23-5 > > snoopy recommends no packages. > > snoopy suggests no packages. > > -- debconf information excluded >
