Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:08:10 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Hank Wethington" <bsd@info-logix.com>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Apache with Frontpage Message-ID: <00062721091600.01060@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <KFEIIDCJNHBCGLAFNMJIAEDKCGAA.bsd@info-logix.com>
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Just provide other cgi's and php solutions instread of using the front page extensions. But from memory don't you need to have the maxiumum of Apache_1.3.6 to run the front page extensions? On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Hank Wethington wrote: > Greetings, > > OK, after many hours of trying to figure out errors, using different ports, > and changing configure files just trying to get Frontpage extensions > installed, I am left frustrated and wondering whether it would just be > easier to buy win2k and run them from there. Now that my rant is over, I'm > hoping someone here has words of wisdom for a lost soul who doesn't want to > convert to the dark-side. > > First some machine specific stuff. > FreeBSD 4.0 release (3 day old install) > dual (currently single) PII400 w/256 mb ram running as a web server for a > company that will get approx 500 hits per day. (not much I know). > > OK, now I've had apache running many times, and it even (at one time) ran on > this machine with no problems. I am now trying to get frontpage set up and > it get various make errors. First after setting up the computer I used the > /usr/ports/www/apache13-fp port. I have never gotten past this error: > > ===> Patching for apache_fp-1.3.12 > ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for apache_fp-1.3.12 > Ignoring previously applied (or reversed) patch. > 4 out of 4 hunks ignored--saving rejects to configure.rej > *** Error code 4 > > Stop in /usr/ports/www/apache13-fp. > *** Error code 1 > (I can supply the rej file if needed) > > So I go and clean things up. Do some research. See a nice package spoken > about at freebsddiary, grab the package and try to install. Apache gets > going ok, with ssl. PHP3 and PHP4 install with very few problems, but > wouldn't you know it, frontpage appears to install, but I go to do the > fp_install.sh and it can't find the tar files anywhere. *I* can't find the > tar files anywhere. If I say keep the current vti directories, it errors > (sorry I didn't write this one down) > > So I try another port. This one supposedly with PHP, SSL, and FP all ready > to go... the PHP portion dies, never get to see if FP will make it. > > So I clean things up ONE MORE TIME and go back to the beginning, and guess > what. Get the same things. So here I am, left wondering if frontpage is > supposed to work on FreeBSD (I know it does, many of you have said so), but > I just don't know what to do next. > > If any of you have some ideas or if you have a gun I can borrow :) please > let me know. I do check this list but a cc to me would also help. > > Thanks, and if you made it this far, you deserve a beer, > > Hank Wethington > Information Logistics > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- You are not authorized to use my email address for any purpose. This is a violation of my privacy. Remove my email address from your databases immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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