> * Brian Havard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > With the current HEAD (configured using --prefix=/Apps/apache2), I get > the > > following in my ap_config_auto.h: > > > > /* Location of the config file, relative to the Apache root directory */ > > #define SERVER_CONFIG_FILE "/Apps/apache2/conf/httpd.conf" > > > > whereas in, say, 2.0.32 it reads: > > > > /* Location of the config file, relative to the Apache root directory */ > > #define SERVER_CONFIG_FILE "conf/httpd.conf" > > > > > > What this means is that I can no longer run the server with an alternate > > server root using the -d switch, something I commonly do to test running > in > > the build tree without having to make install. It's also commonly used > by > > users of binary builds if they want to install to a directory other than > > what the binary builder specified. > > > > I know this stuff's been hacked at recently, I just want to let people > know > > it's not finished yet :) > > > use -d /path -f /path/to/conf/file
That's not good enough Thom. The -d must be able to work on its own. That's why we allow relative paths for just about everything. Ryan