kashani wrote:
> Michael Stewart (vericgar) wrote:
> 
>> I disagree about removing the apache2 flag. The flag is not used to
>> select which version of apache to install (portage installs 2.0 by
>> default as it's the highest stable version), but for the modules that
>> can support apache-1.3 or apache-2.0. If the apache2 flag is not set,
>> and someone tries installing a module that supports both, the module
>> will depend on apache-1.3 (even if apache-2.0 is already installed) -
>> the modules uses the USE-flag to determine which version to depend on.
>>
> 
> Additionally the latest Cacti will attempt to install lighthttpd as the
> default webserver if neither apache or apache2 are set in your USE
> flags. I ran into that on an older server running apache 1.3 and
> -apache2 in make.conf.
> 
> [ebuild N ] www-servers/lighttpd-1.3.16 -ipv6 -ldap +mysql -php +ssl
> -xattr 689 kB
> [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.6g_p20051023 -apache -apache2 +snmp
> +vhosts 1,059 kB

Actually, that is the intended outcome since a virtual/httpd does not
exist yet. If neither of the use flags are set, its next choice is
lighthttpd. One of the limitations/hacks I had to do in the ebuild
because of the lack of the virtual. If you feel it should be different,
please file a bug in bugzilla and I'll take a look at it :-).

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