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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:28:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, Dan Langille <dan@freebsddiary.org>
Subject:   Re: Apache 1.3 Server/Module ports (Re: FrontPage extensions on Apache )
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003151321360.28645-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <01f301bf8e3d$035f7500$8dfee0d1@westbend.net>

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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Scot W. Hetzel wrote:
> I have finished the mod_frontpage module port for Apache 1.3.12.  It
> was a simple process of adding the frontpage patches into the EAPI
> enabled Apache port and using axps to build and install the frontpage
> module. 

Humm...  I suppose thats acceptable though I really wish the Frontpage
module would DTRT instead of requiring patches.

I hope you added the FP stuff to the end of the request structure rather
than the middle like the MS patch does.

> Axps also created the appropriate Add/LoadModule entries into the
> apache.conf file.

I still think its wrong to modify the apache.conf file; we should provide
an apache.conf-default.MODNAME with example configuration stuff and let
the user enable the stuff as they see fit.  Messing with a possibly live
configuration file is more objectionable than making the user edit the
config file and set things up manually.

> I didn't create a seperate apache.conf.mod_frontpage config file, because
> during the installation of the FrontPage Extentions, the script/fpsrvadm.exe
> checks AllowOverride directive in the apache.conf file and if it is set to
> "None", the FrontPage web will not be created during installation.  But it
> will register the port in the ports database.

Thats kinda lame.  Can the script be 'fixed' to DTRT?

> Another change I made to the main Apache 1.3.12 port is the use of a virtual
> web for the Apache Documentation, and the installation of a single
> index.html file into the DocumentRoot (only if it doesn't exist).
> 
> I also fixed the mod_ssl port so that it will now install the certificates
> and documentations.  Currently, it doesn't allow you to generate a
> certificate from the port.

Yea, I was kinda trying to figure out how to install the certificates
without having the Apache source tree present.  I'll have to see how you
did it.

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