On Sat, Nov 07, 1998, Brad Cox wrote:
> At 7:01 AM -0500 11/07/1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >When it took you longer I guess you started from scratch with your old
> >configuration and not with the pre-configured httpd.conf file. Because when
> >you install Apache+mod_ssl via APACI you get an already pre-configured
> >httpd.conf file where all SSL directives are present and setup correctly.
>
> Thanks! I may go back to APACI now that I've more confidence with all this.
>
> FYI I did begin with APACI (that's why there are so many certs lying
> around) but bailed out because I couldn't figure out how to maintain my
> other extensions that way (eperl, mysql, etc).
For those look at --activate-module and --add-module options.
> Also I'm confused by the fact that APACI (seems to) put everything in
> different places (etc vs conf) than when using the old src technique (where
> everything winds up in conf). So could someone explain...
It uses a GNU Autoconf style installation layout as commonly used by those
tools. When you want the old layout use --compat.
> 1) Why two etc and conf directories when one conf directory might suffice?
There are not two dirs when the package is installed. In the source there is
conf/. When you configure+install with --compat this is installed this way,
too. When not configure+install with --compat you get the GNU Autoconf-style
layout.
> 2) Why does APACI use one and src/make the other? Is this documented anywhere?
The conf/ is used by all. It's just named differently under install-time as I
explained below. Details are described in the INSTALL file of Apache.
> 3) Is there an automated way to record the APACI command line that was used
> to generate the current running system so that new stuff can be added
> incrementally instead of each time starting from scratch? Something
> comparable to uncommenting lines in src/Configuration, which nicely suits
> my (ever-failing) memory ability.
A config.status file is automatically generated for you. As it's common
practice for GNU Autoconf, too. I strongly recommend you to read the
README.configure and INSTALL files when you want to understand APACI.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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