Never mind on this - I just read the follow-ups. I still think this is a really dangerous thing to do, but since the original poster realizes this also, I'll not belabor the point.
- Jordan On May 29, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I'm not sure I understand what point you're trying to make. If you > put anything in /usr outside of /usr/local, since the very first > release of MacOSX the rule has always been "you're living on borrowed > time and at your own risk" since Apple, like every other OS vendor on > the planet, reserves the right to update any files it shipped. That > is why MacPorts installs into /opt instead of /usr. > > - Jordan > > On May 29, 2008, at 4:53 PM, John Korchok wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Once again, the latest security patch 2008-003 for Tiger broke our >> Apache 2 >> installation by replacing apachectl. Earlier posts on this topic are >> repeated below for any new listers: >> >>>>> Subject: Tiger software update replaces apachectl >>>>> >>>>> I found out (the hard way) that the latest Apple Security >>>>> Update 2008-002 for Tiger replaces the apachectl file in >>>>> /usr/sbin. If, like me, you had copied the apachectl file >>>>> from /opt/local/apache2/bin to /usr/sbin (this enables you to >>>>> turn Apache on and off using the System >>>>> Prefs/Sharing/Personal Web Sharing), you will find that the >>>>> next time you restart Apache, things go haywire, like none of >>>>> your PHP works any more. >>>>> It's because your system has reverted to the Apache 1.3 that >>>>> comes with Tiger. >>>>> >>>>> John Korchok >> >>>> Are there other steps to making Personal Web Sharing run Apache2? >>>> If >>>> so, could you please detail them for those of us who just can't >>>> remember >>>> anything? >>>> >>>> >>>> In A Chord, >>>> >>>> Tom Condon >> >>> If you are comfortable with the command line, all you need to do is >>> to >> link >>> to the installation of apache that you want to control from the >>> preferance >> panes. >>> >>> 1. $cd /usr/sbin >>> 2. $mv apachectl apachectl1-3 >>> 3. $ln -s /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl apachectl >>> >>> when you list the directory it should give you something like this: >>> ... >>> apachectl -> /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl >>> ... >>> and you should now be able to control macports apache2 from you >>> preference >> pane. >>> Matt Hipley >> >> _______________________________________________ >> macports-users mailing list >> macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users