>> What other options exist? >> - Modify apxs -i to write elsewhere, in a location suitable for >> per-user/per-zone write access. >>
We don't have to copy the file again to some other location. It is "-a" or "-A" option which makes an entry in the httpd.conf file. This can be modified to check if the module exists in /usr/apache2/libexec dir (it implies apxs was able to copy the library to libexec dir) then add the regular line or else add the line which points to user's location. > apxs intended purpose is to allow some one to compile and install the > bits under apache's modules (libexec in our case) without he performing > it in 2 distinct steps. IMO, we should keep the tradition. Non root user > will always need to perform the 2 separate steps. > If we special case for -i , then what will happen to '-A' , will be > removing that option as well ? >> - Don't support -i, instruct users to point at their .so from the >> config file >> [this is less desirable, but I list it for completeness] >> >> > -1. This is a very well known option. We should not be removing this. I agree with Sriram. -- Seema.
