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From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
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> > When Apache is upgraded(when it needs a new rebuid), the install will
> > delete the contens in /usr/local/www* , this is _very_ bad if you
> > have a lot of info here.
> >
> > What about a solution here? (I`m not a developer, so i cant help.
> > sorry)
> 
> You can prevent the data and cgi-bin directories being wiped out by 
> breaking the symlinks to the *-default directories, then creating data 
> and cgi-bin as proper directories.
> 
> IMO, the port sucks in this respect (having lost a months worth of work 
> in the past because of it)
> 
> Just create the dirs instead of symlinks, and all should be fine at the 
> next portupgrade.
> 
Or you could store your web pages somewhere else and specify that 
location in httpd.conf


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David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr@inethouston.net	Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
dwcjr@freebsd.org	FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>

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