Made a place for system wide search paths to live, so that they can be easily changed on installation.

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/VentooModule.py b/src/backend/VentooModule.py
index ff2af32..35c79f9 100644
--- a/src/backend/VentooModule.py
+++ b/src/backend/VentooModule.py
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@
 import os.path as osp
 from lxml import etree
 import augeas_utils
-
-_ventoo_search_paths_ = ['../modules', '../../modules']
+import search_paths
 
 class VentooModule:
     def __init__(self, moduleName):
         #see if we can find the module files
         found = False;
-        for p in _ventoo_search_paths_:
+        for p in search_paths.modules:
             thisPath = osp.join(p,moduleName,"main.xml")
             if osp.isfile(thisPath):
                 self.pathFound = thisPath
diff --git a/src/backend/search_paths.py b/src/backend/search_paths.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0c24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/search_paths.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+
+    This file is part of the Ventoo program.
+
+    This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+    Copyright 2010 Christopher Harvey
+
+"""
+
+modules = ['../modules', '../../modules']