Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:13:30 +0300 From: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: Christer Gundersen <dtun3z@online.no>, ache@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: apache13-1.3.26 Message-ID: <200206192313.30177@zappa.athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020619192357.GC74634@leviathan.inethouston.net> References: <1024514033.6713.6.camel@carebears.net> <200206192221.52433@zappa.athame.co.uk> <20020619192357.GC74634@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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On Wednesday 19 June 2002 22:23, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote: > > > 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 Either way, it should be documented or fixed. It's not good to trash a user's data, just in an upgrade. -- Andy Fawcett | "In an open world without walls and fences, andy@athame.co.uk | we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." tap@lspace.org | -- anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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