Bug#230167: perhaps a better way to seamless apache-related packages/modules
Please read here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-apache/2004/debian-apache-200401/msg00319.html
reagarding the future plans for apache and here for why modules-config
will not change name:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=228791
In any case i will close this bug as soon as we will switch to the apache2
layout, but please discuss ideas on the mailing list.
Fabio
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Sean Finney wrote:
> Package: apache
> Version: 1.3.29.0.1-3
> Severity: wishlist
>
> i know that managing the list of loadable modules and package-related
> apache configuration settings is a rather difficult thing to do, and i
> think that it's caused headaches for package maintainers and users
> alike.
>
> so i'm wondering, is there any reason not to use a conf.d approach
> for apache? you could say something like
>
> Include conf.d/*.conf
>
> in httpd.conf, and then all a package has to do is drop a file in
> /etc/apache-*/conf.d and reload the web server. no modules-config
> (which has a misleading name anyways), no wwwconfig, no maintainer
> scripts mucking with users config files.
>
> what do you think?
>
> sean
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux sativa 2.4.21-sativa #1 Sun Sep 7 23:08:55 EDT 2003 i686
> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
>
> Versions of packages apache depends on:
> ii apache-common 1.3.29.0.1-3 Support files for all Apache webse
> ii debconf 1.4.7 Debian configuration management sy
> ii dpkg 1.10.18 Package maintenance system for Deb
> ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> ii libdb4.1 4.1.25-16 Berkeley v4.1 Database Libraries [
> ii libexpat1 1.95.6-6 XML parsing C library - runtime li
> ii libmagic1 4.07-2 File type determination library us
> ii libpam0g 0.76-15 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
> ii logrotate 3.6.5-2 Log rotation utility
> ii mime-support 3.24-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
> ii perl [perl5] 5.8.2-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
>
> -- debconf information excluded
>
>
>
> ------------ Output from gpg ------------
> gpg: Signature made Thu Jan 29 01:15:45 2004 CET using DSA key ID 6E76D81D
> gpg: Good signature from "Sean Finney <seanius@seanius.net>"
> gpg: aka "Sean Finney (debian) <seanius@debian.org>"
> gpg: aka "Sean Finney (gradient solutions) <sean@gradientsolutions.net>"
> gpg: please do a --check-trustdb
> gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
> Primary key fingerprint: F6FB 2231 48A9 B50C 68D7 18EC CA78 CB3E 6E76 D81D
>
>
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