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From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Subject: RE: config/2705: apache.org online documentation refers to conf
directory. Should be etc instead? (fwd)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
What can I say, I agree with everything he says.
The default apaci directories are quite confusing and nonsensical when you
install Apache in its own tree, with extra levels added for fun.
but, the argument for adding it was always that "oh, it is optional so it
can't hurt a fly so there is no reason to not add it" so...
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:14:27 -0700
From: Robb Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: config/2705: apache.org online documentation refers to conf
directory. Should be etc instead?
Er, you have a (pretty complex) product, you have two separate mechanism fo=
r configuring the product. The two mechanisms have (essentially) the same n=
ame, but have different behaviours. What's wrong with this picture :-/
Anyway, for what it's worth, I dunno anything about stuff being hacked on t=
op, I just followed the instructions i.e. gunzip, tar, README, README.confi=
gure... and ended up with the "SVR4 style" etc, var, share layout. It actua=
lly seems overly complex to me, I preferred bin, conf, log...
Cheers,
Robb.
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Subject:=09Re: config/2705: apache.org online documentation refers to conf =
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Synopsis: apache.org online documentation refers to conf directory. Should =
be etc instead?
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: marc
State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 24 14:41:02 PDT 1998
State-Changed-Why:
No. It should be the conf directory. That is the
standard setup if you use Configure. If you use the new hacked-on-top
configure, then it can be anywhere you feel like with defaults
that are sometimes odd or different.
