Ok, now i understand better what you mean. It's not a bad idea, even if people that install mapserv should know it utility and it use. If Francesco agree, i'll try to just add a working demo in the mapserver-doc package when i'll update the debian package (probably when MapServer 5.2.1 will be released).
Thanks for the sugestion Oz. Alan Oz Nahum wrote: > Hi, > sorry for the late response. > > >you can simply make a symbolic link in your web cgi-bin folder to the > mapserv > > there is no need to. /www/cgi-bin is linked to the right place. So > the cgi-scripts are working. But the example project is broken, > > What I meant is that I would like to have a package that includes the > sample porject. Maybe under the mapserver-doc. > It is just a sugestion. > > Check out my server with the package and see how it runs. I would say > only partially. I don't know the reason. > My adress is http://134.2.155.77/ > > When people install a package like wordpress on debian they already > have a wordpress running. The same would be nice for mapserver. To > have a sample project running with just one apt-get distance. > > I think it would be a nice idea. > > Oz. > > > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Alan Boudreault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > What do you mean by "couldn't manage to run it like that on a > debian system" ? What's the problem? As soon as the package > mapserver-bin is installed, you can simply make a symbolic link in > your web cgi-bin folder to the mapserv application and the demo > should run. > > Alan > > Oz Nahum wrote: > > Package: mapserver-bin > Version: 5.0.3-3 > Severity: wishlist > File: mapserver > > map server website has a tutorial that is supposed to run out > of the > box. > However I couldn't manage to run it like that on a debian system. > It would be nice if this application could run out of the box when > installed a debian package. > the adress for the tutorial is > > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/new_users/index_html#build-your-first-mapserver-app > > Thanks, Oz > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > > > > > > -- > .''`. > : :' : We are debian.org <http://debian.org> > <http://debian.org>. Lower your prices, `. `' surrender > your code. > `- We will add your hardware and software > distinctiveness to our own. > Resistance is futile. > > ---- > Imagine there's no countries > It isn't hard to do > Nothing to kill or die for > And no religion too > Imagine all the people > Living life in peace > ---- > You all must read 'The God Delusion' > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion > --- > when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. > When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." > Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grass-devel mailing list > Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > <mailto:Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel > > > > -- > Alan Boudreault > Mapgears > http://www.mapgears.com/ > > > > > -- > .''`. > : :' : We are debian.org <http://debian.org>. Lower your prices, > `. `' surrender your code. > `- We will add your hardware and software > distinctiveness to our own. > Resistance is futile. > > ---- > Imagine there's no countries > It isn't hard to do > Nothing to kill or die for > And no religion too > Imagine all the people > Living life in peace > ---- > You all must read 'The God Delusion' > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion > --- > when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When > many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." > Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > -- Alan Boudreault Mapgears http://www.mapgears.com _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel