> From: gregames [mailto:gregames] On Behalf Of Greg Ames > > David Shane Holden wrote: > > > I agree with Ryan wholeheartedly here. > > > > Here's an idea... > > If conf/ exist, copy httpd.conf, magic, and mime.types (These are basic > > files that all conf/ should have, right?). If conf/ does not exist, > copy > > everything. > > uhhh, that clobbers httpd.conf, and they'd tar and feather us for sure. > But if > we leave out that piece, it's close to what's happening now: > > . make a conf/ directory if it doesn't already exist > . if mime.types or magic don't already exist, copy them > . always copy in *-std.conf (httpd-std.conf and ssl-std.conf for now) with > appropriate substitutions for paths and modules etc learned during > ./configure > . look for files whose names match the *-std.conf files copied above with > the > "-std" piece of the name removed (i.e., httpd.conf and ssl.conf). If they > don't > exist, copy them from the corresponding *-std.conf files.
Yep, that is the current algorithm, and it doesn't make any sense at all. You are working around a problem in your script in the Apache upgrade step. Once the first installation is done, the conf/ directory doesn't belong to us anymore. If the directory exists, then leave it alone. Now, on EVERY production machine I have, I will always have *-std.conf files. Why is that a good thing????? For people with a working server, this change doesn't make sense. Ryan
