Hi Allard, On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Allard Hoeve wrote:
> Package: apache > Version: 1.3.29.0.1-5 > Severity: important > > Hello All, > > Whenever apache gets installed, reinstalled, upgraded or reconfigured, > it overwrites my configuration in /etc/apache. Yes and this bug is already fixed in our CVS. > > Perhaps my setup is a bit exotic, so I will explain the situation: > > I have several Apache servers that have mostly identical configurations. > To reduce redundancy, we placed the configuration files on an NFS share. > The local directory /etc/apache/ now contains a local.conf that contains > any configuration directives that should remain local and a symlink from > /etc/shared/apache/httpd.conf to /etc/apache/httpd.conf. The shared > configuration file includes the local.conf file and all is well. Thanks for sharing this "erotic" setup with us.. we never actually considered the possibility to have httpd.conf as a symlink. > This raises two questions: > > a) Should the apache postinst scripts overwrite a configuration file > with a new file with identical content? No and this is already fixed in CVS. > b) Should the apache postinst scripts remove a symlink and replace it > with a plaintext file? No. and this is something we need to consider. To avoid confusions you spotted 2 problems here: a) configuration files are overwritten (that it will be fixed in the next upload) b) if httpd.conf is a symlink it will be replaced (and this require some attention to us). Thanks Fabio PS of course we will keep you informed -- <user> fajita: step one <fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log. <user> fajita: step two <fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.
