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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com> on 1997/11/01 05:08:00 UTC
path change to /usr/local/apache...
...will cause a lot of support trouble unless we are quite explicit about
it. Should be a big entry saying the differences and how to make the new
server work if you have something old installed in /usr/local/etc/httpd in
the new in 1.3 file...
Re: [PATCH] server root (was path change to /usr/local/apache...)
Posted by Martin Kraemer <Ma...@mch.sni.de>.
On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 03:21:14PM +0100, Lars Eilebrecht wrote:
> According to Marc Slemko:
>
> > ...will cause a lot of support trouble unless we are quite explicit about
Yeah, I stumbled ove it myself...
> How about adding a check to Configure which warns the user if we find
> a /user/local/etc/httpd directory?
>
> See attachment for an example patch.
Looks sensible, good idea! +1 from me.
Martin
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Re: [PATCH] server root (was path change to /usr/local/apache...)
Posted by Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>.
What happens if someone changes the dir in httpd.h to be
/usr/local/etc/httpd ?
While the patch won't do anything incorrect in that case, it won't
entirely be nice. Actually, I could go for changing anything that
suggests modifying httpd.h to saying do it in the Configuration file (now
that you can), and add a comment to httpd.h saying "don't change this
unless you know what you are doing. Do it in the Configuration file.".
Easier upgrades.
On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Lars Eilebrecht wrote:
> According to Marc Slemko:
>
> > ...will cause a lot of support trouble unless we are quite explicit about
> > it. Should be a big entry saying the differences and how to make the new
> > server work if you have something old installed in /usr/local/etc/httpd in
> > the new in 1.3 file...
>
> How about adding a check to Configure which warns the user if we find
> a /user/local/etc/httpd directory?
>
> See attachment for an example patch.
>
>
> ciao...
> --
> Lars Eilebrecht - I haven't lost my mind;
> sfx@unix-ag.org - it's backed up on tape somewhere.
> http://www.si.unix-ag.org/~sfx/
>
Re: [PATCH] server root (was path change to /usr/local/apache...)
Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.
+1
On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Lars Eilebrecht wrote:
> According to Marc Slemko:
>
> > ...will cause a lot of support trouble unless we are quite explicit about
> > it. Should be a big entry saying the differences and how to make the new
> > server work if you have something old installed in /usr/local/etc/httpd in
> > the new in 1.3 file...
>
> How about adding a check to Configure which warns the user if we find
> a /user/local/etc/httpd directory?
>
> See attachment for an example patch.
>
>
> ciao...
> --
> Lars Eilebrecht - I haven't lost my mind;
> sfx@unix-ag.org - it's backed up on tape somewhere.
> http://www.si.unix-ag.org/~sfx/
>
[PATCH] server root (was path change to /usr/local/apache...)
Posted by Lars Eilebrecht <La...@unix-ag.org>.
According to Marc Slemko:
> ...will cause a lot of support trouble unless we are quite explicit about
> it. Should be a big entry saying the differences and how to make the new
> server work if you have something old installed in /usr/local/etc/httpd in
> the new in 1.3 file...
How about adding a check to Configure which warns the user if we find
a /user/local/etc/httpd directory?
See attachment for an example patch.
ciao...
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Lars Eilebrecht - I haven't lost my mind;
sfx@unix-ag.org - it's backed up on tape somewhere.
http://www.si.unix-ag.org/~sfx/