I ran into some questions regarding my work on the FreeBSD port (for the meaning of a BSD "port" see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html) and would like to get some opinions from you.
So far, a fresh install from the port directory /usr/ports/www/Webware seems to work well. On deinstallation, I remove the "common" directory /usr/local/share/webware completely but let the directory of the default webkit user, under /usr/local/www/webkit, untouched in order to preserve configuration, log files etc. if a later re-installation is desired. In the course of a new installation, the AppWorkDir will be "re-created". (If installed from a package, this step will be skipped, but only due to a mistake of mine.) More specifically, MakeAppWorkDir.py is called again on /usr/local/www/webkit. This has the disadvantage that the previously existing configuration will be overwritten. Depending on the inner workings of MakeAppWorkDir.py in the then-current Webware version, existing ErrorMsgs and Logs might get lost. It seems to me that the "master dir", the "original" installation under /usr/local/share/webware can always be substituted with the new version. On the other hand I ask myself (and you ;-) ) which files or directories in the AppWorkDir should be retained (and why). A listing of the generated AppWorkDir is: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 205 Jul 18 11:04 404Text.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 62 Jul 18 11:04 AppServer* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 50 Jul 18 11:04 AppServer.bat* drwxr-xr-x 2 webkit webkit 512 Jul 17 18:01 Cache/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 17 18:01 Cans/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 17 18:01 Configs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 webkit webkit 512 Jul 17 18:01 ErrorMsgs/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 410 Jul 18 11:04 Launch.py* drwxr-xr-x 2 webkit webkit 512 Jul 17 18:01 Logs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 17 18:01 MyContext/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 719 Jul 18 11:04 NTService.py* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1358 Jul 18 11:04 OneShot.cgi* drwxr-xr-x 2 webkit webkit 512 Jul 17 18:01 Sessions/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1948 Jul 18 11:04 WebKit.cgi* - 404Text.txt, AppServer, Launch.py, OneShot.cgi and WebKit.cgi should be updated. That's no question, is it? ;-) - Cache and Sessions may contain things that the owner may wish to keep. However, the format of these items could have changed between Webware versions so it's feasible that the contents of these directories should be deleted? - What about the Cans directory? As long as Webware doesn't install anything here, the contents in it should be retained. - The Configs should be kept for migration to the new version though the still-existing configuration files from the previous version might not work. (Side note: On using old configurations with a new Webware version I got a key error. IMHO, Webware should be more explicit on what the problem is or handle the missing/changed options gracefully, if possible. For these purposes, the files installed by MakeAppWorkDir.py should contain a version number.) - ErrorMsgs and Logs should probably be kept, shouldn't they? - The contents of MyContext should be kept, too. - (In a FreeBSD installation, AppServer.bat and NTService.py could be deleted.) Possibly, some of these issus regard the MakeAppWorkDir.py script more than an installation routine for a particular operating system. Stefan P. S.: I'm already working on the mod_webkit port. :-) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
