On Sun, 20 May 2007 20:15:35 +1200 Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > A tiny amount of googling/research would have told you that the config > file changed drastically when version 2 was released. I suspect that > this is one of the most significant reasons that version 2 hasn't been > universally adopted. > Woah! The only people who still use 1.3 are those who deliver virtual servers on the internet, which are still based on RedHat 9, or if you're really lucky, FC3. Apache 2.2 has been out for years now, and most people in a production environment are starting to look at upgrading to that.
The performance and feature enhancements of 2.0 from 1.3 make is a necessary upgrade for any business. > The apache website has some useful information about *cough* apache. > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html, upgrading from 1.3 to 2.0 is > not straightforward due to the substantial rework. > And, of course, a clean install requires no upgrading either, does it! [snip] > I don't know why I'm telling you this since you've hosed your package > management by installing from source. Maybe you should have tried doing > a linux from scratch install instead. Yes, I know I'm being a drama queen! FUD. The source install of apache installs under /usr/local, and will in no way affect either the package management system, or the packages that it has installed. FYI is is imperative, in a production environment, that you build your web (and mail, and anything else that's regularly attacked) servers from source, along with any server side scripting languages you wish to support. This is because you need to be able to respond *IMMEDIATELY* to any security holes picked up in these products, and not to wait for the patches to become available through the normal channels. And, even if you're just a hoppyist, it's a clean and harmless way of passing the time. You'll also note that only php5 is offered by feisty. However, there are still a number of packages ( phpbb2 was a valid case last time I checked ) which will not run on anything newer than php4, so your only option is to build 4.4.7 (released 3rd May) from scratch. Steve.
