On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 09:17:17PM -0500, Brian White wrote: > > > What will break most is packages that use /usr/lib/cgi-bin, and they can > > > be fixed before the next release of Debian so as to make the entire > > > transition appear seamless. > > > > Sure, the scripts will move and they will still work in and of > > themselves, but what about all the hard links from webpages on their > > site to scripts in /cgi-bin that are debian cgi scripts installed by > > packages. If we suddenly change it to /cgi-lib then links to all the > > debian installed cgi's are now broke. > > If it has been coded as this, fixing it is trivial... Place symlinks > in the new /cgi-bin/ (assuming that isn't how it has already been done) > to the scripts in /usr/lib/cgi-bin. You could even ask to do this > during the upgrade procedure of apache.
Polluting their 'new' local /cgi-bin with links to /cgi-lib kind of defeats the whole purpose doesn't it? -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation
