From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 11 1:30: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD6937B416 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:30:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBB9U0958448; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:30:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from rand.tgd.net (rand.tgd.net [64.81.67.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60E9837B405 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:29:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 24336 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2001 09:29:05 -0000 Received: from mat.tgd.net (64.81.67.116) by rand.tgd.net with QMQP; 11 Dec 2001 09:29:05 -0000 Message-Id: <20011211092905.97014.qmail@mat.tgd.net> Date: 11 Dec 2001 09:29:05 -0000 From: Sean Chittenden Reply-To: Sean Chittenden To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: ports/32692: Update www/mod_backhand to 1.2.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 32692 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Update www/mod_backhand to 1.2.1 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 11 01:30:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sean Chittenden >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD mat.tgd.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Tue Nov 20 01:19:38 PST 2001 root@mat.tgd.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAT i386 >Description: mod_backhand needs to be updated latest release. pkg-comment && description have been updated too. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: cd www/mod_backhand && patch -p0 < patch --- Makefile.orig Mon Dec 10 23:33:22 2001 +++ Makefile Mon Dec 10 22:21:54 2001 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # PORTNAME= mod_backhand -PORTVERSION= 1.2.0 +PORTVERSION= 1.2.1 CATEGORIES= www MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.cnds.jhu.edu/pub/backhand/ --- pkg-comment.orig Mon Dec 10 23:34:39 2001 +++ pkg-comment Mon Dec 10 23:35:52 2001 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Apache module that allows seamless redirection of HTTP requests +Apache module that allows seamless redirection and load balancing of HTTP requests --- pkg-descr.orig Tue Dec 11 00:34:33 2001 +++ pkg-descr Tue Dec 11 00:52:25 2001 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -mod_backhand is project that allows seamless redirection -of HTTP requests from one web server to another. This -redirection can be used to target machines with under-utilized -resources, thus providing fine-grained, per-request load balancing -of web requests. +mod_backhand is a project that allows load balancing through seemless +HTTP proxying from one web server to another. This proxying is used +to evenly distribute the load of a site across multiple machines to +that way under-utilized resources are utilized to their fullest, thus +providing fine-grained, per-request HTTP load balancing for a cluster. WWW: http://www.backhand.org/mod_backhand/ >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message