[bug] consider STANDALONE for the paths

Since we need to write a file we have to consider whether we are
running in 'standalone' mode or not to use the right path prefix.

- Related: #7512

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/leap/common/config/flags.py b/src/leap/common/config/flags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fd43f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/leap/common/config/flags.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# flags.py
+# Copyright (C) 2015 LEAP
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+This file is meant to be used to store global flags that affect the
+application.
+
+WARNING: You should NOT use this kind of flags unless you're sure of what
+         you're doing, and someone else tells you that you're right.
+         Most of the times there is a better and safer alternative.
+"""
+
+# The STANDALONE flag is used to:
+#   - use a relative or system wide path to find the configuration files.
+STANDALONE = False