From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 14 11:56:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28021 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:56:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from roble.com (gw4.roble.com [199.108.85.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27989 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:56:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sendmail@roble.com) Received: from roble3.roble.com (roble3.roble.com [207.5.40.53]) by roble.com (Roble1b) with SMTP id LAA05513 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:55:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:55:22 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PATCH for Apache: Add FreeBSD Server Layout In-Reply-To: <369DE60B.7B350962@urc.ac.ru> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Aren't people making Apache ports bothered of patching its Configure and > Makefile.tmpl for every version of Apache? ;-) > Let's make a layout once. It's easy, because FreeBSD has kind of strict > (conservative) software layout. Our last Apache install went perfectly. Everything was installed under /usr/local/apache, exactly where we want it. This makes administration a breeze. Too many other ports install files all over the place. Please don't change a thing. If you must modify Apache then use symlinks. For instance: ln -s /usr/local/apache/etc/httpd.conf /usr/local/etc ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/start /usr/local/etc/rc.d Deterministic file locations are especially important to shops like ours where there are Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix operating systems. And remember: KISS (keep it simple...) Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message