Hi guys,
Sorry for this absurdly late reply but I believe that I have some
information that hasn't been mentioned. I believe that this information is
correct, but I haven't the best track record. Still, I read the Apple docs
on this and it works on my system.
The Web Sharing Preferences GUI changes the following line:
WEBSERVER=-NO-
to:
WEBSERVER=-YES-
in the file /private/etc/hostconfig. The $WEBSERVER environment variable is
thus set during startup. Later, all of the scripts in the
/System/Library/StartupItems/ directory are executed. In typical fashion,
the script, /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/Apache executes rc.common
which sets the variables and then the Apache script checks the value of the
WEBSERVER variable with the following:
if [ "${WEBSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
If yes, the script simply executes:
apachectl start
If /sw/sbin/ occurs before /usr/sbin/ in your path, then the fink
version is already controlled by the GUI. Otherwise, change "apachectl
start" to "/sw/sbin/apachectl start". (or wherever fink installs it)
Well, I hope this wasn't too much of a snooze but someone may have use
for the mechanism in general. In fact, if package developers supplied
startup lines, Fink could use this mechanism to develop a GUI that provides
automatic startup control. Fink could also then provide a "Launcher". Apple
has plans to extend this mechanism to control shutdown as well. This is, of
course, for when Fink goes GUI.
--
Gary Kerbaugh
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