win32 details for 1.3.0

[Ian Kallen <ia...@gamespot.com>]

As a lurking end user here,  I don't normally pay attention to the win32
port stuff but I had occasion to install apache_1_3b7_1.exe on an NT
installation yesterday and since you're closing in on calling it a wrap, a
small nit to pick:

The example Alias and ScriptAlias in the srm.conf use a different server
root than the httpd.conf  & access.conf - no biggie.  Also, the
documentation bit /manual/windows.html that is distributed with the
regular bundle isn't synced with the one that was in the win32 bundle,
it's referring to the installation living in \Apache whereas the installer
now defaults to "\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache"  BTW, since The Three
Config Files are really an NCSA anachronism and there never was a win32
port of NCSA, why not have a single httpd.conf in the win32 binary
distributions?  (actually why not on all distributions since changing the
default server root really is a small departure from NCSA compatibiity?  I
always combine 'em first thing...)  I haven't thought about the win32
equivalent to "AccessConfig /dev/null" yet ;)
-Ian

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Re: win32 details for 1.3.0

[Paul Sutton <pa...@c2.net>]

On Sat, 30 May 1998, Ian Kallen wrote:
> The example Alias and ScriptAlias in the srm.conf use a different server
> root than the httpd.conf  & access.conf - no biggie.  Also, the

Yes, well spotted. I've fixed the Windows configuration files.

> documentation bit /manual/windows.html that is distributed with the
> regular bundle isn't synced with the one that was in the win32 bundle,

This has been a problem in the past because the release is tagged (at
which point no changes can be made to the files) before we were really
ready to finalise the Windows installer. This should be less of a problem
now we are more familar with building the windows installer, and I've now
updated windows.html so it should be correct for 1.3b8 or 1.3.0 installs. 

> now defaults to "\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache"  BTW, since The Three
> Config Files are really an NCSA anachronism and there never was a win32
> port of NCSA, why not have a single httpd.conf in the win32 binary
> distributions?  (actually why not on all distributions since changing the

I think it helps to keep the windows and Unix configurations are close as
possible. For example, now it is trivially easy to diff the Unix and
Windows versions of httpd.conf, etc, to make sure that there are no
changes in the Unix version which need propagating to the Windows file.
The question is really whether we should combine the conf files for _all_
target platforms (which is a good idea, but should wait until after
1.3.0).

Paul
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