Arvind Srinivasan wrote:
> Seema Alevoor wrote:
>> Apache status:
>>
>> Open Issues:
>> -------------
>> - Supporting multiple versions of Apache
>> Should we use
>> /usr/apache2/2.2.4
>> or
>> /usr/apache2.4
>>
>
> /usr/apache2.4 is an option that has been commented on in a previous post
> from
> Jyri. I quote from his post below.
>
> > So for a hypotetical 2.4, presumably there'd be /usr/apache2.4/...
> (stuff deleted)
> >IMO, #1 is not right. Introduces a lot of version clutter at the top
> >/usr level for a single component. Let's not.
> >
> >#2 has the argument going for it that it follows previously approved
> >practice (perl, PHP). The pesky detail is that there is already Apache
> >2.0 in /usr/apache2/.
>
How about adding softlinks to the existing directories like
/usr/apache2/2.2.3/bin -> /usr/apache2/bin
/var/apache2/2.2.3/build -> /var/apache2/build
?
I know..this is quite opposite to the usual convention followed !
But, this way, the existence of multiple versions will be made obvious.
-- Seema.
