On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Julien Valroff wrote:
>> >> I think it is a serious bug, and you may not be able to upload
>> >> your package unless this is fixed.
>> >
>> > I understand. I wish I could address this issue myself.
>>
>> Well, I think the way forward would be to move the directory out
>> of /var/www?
>
> Not that easy: dspam-webfrontend does rely on apache2-suexec, which sets
> the document root to /var/www
> Apache suexec obviously doesn't follow symlinks.
So file a bug on apache2-suexec, since that seems to be the
proximate cause of grief here.
> I think the main issue is that FHS doesn't set any document root for web
> applications data. That's why the Debian Policy agrees they are
> installed in the historic /var/www directory "if unavoidable" (I would
> tend to think this wording applies to dspam-webfrontend for now).
I disagree. I think programs in Debian should not make such
assumptions about document root; and policy should remove that
sentence. We are most of the way to not having a hard coded document
root, and I think that is where we should be going.
manoj
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