> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 01:23 pm, Stefan Teleman > wrote: > > This was one of the other suggestions made on the > ARC discuss list. My > > primary concern about keeping both 2.0.x and 2.2.4 > around (albeit > > temporarily) is that it creates the possibility of > a huge disaster: > > > > application <X> links againsr /uar/apache2 > > application <Y> links against /usr/apache2.2 > > application <Z> links against <X> and <Y> > > What about a scenario like this: > > /usr/apache2.0.x > /usr/apache2.2.x > /usr/apache2 -> apache2.0.x > > /usr/apache2.0.x - compiled with respective > /usr/apache2.0.x runpath(s) > /usr/apache2.2.x - compiled with respective > /usr/apache2.2.x runpath(s) > > Simply put, the binaries would be compiled with the > physical runpath, opposed > to the symlink. > > The user could easily change the apache2 symlink if > it bothers them, and that > would point to the new version, but would allow your > entire stack to use the > runpath you compiler for. > > The user has what they have today, /usr/apache2 which > points to the respective > path which represents the version installed today. > > Your code could and will use the new /usr/apache2.2.x > runpath, so that it > resolves properly. > > The user still has the option of manually changing > the symlink to point to the > newer version, and would save themself having to > modify their build > environment, if that's worth something to them. > > > If this were ever to happen, it would be discovered > quite quickly (i'm > > willing to bet that any apache module linked in > such a dysfunctional > > fashion will crash very quickly). > > Doctor, my programs crash when I compile with > /usr/apache2.0.x and > /usr/apache2.2.x, what do you reccomend to fix > that?:-/ > > The user could still use the new code by compiling > with runpath to the hard > path, without changing much at all. > > Maybe I'm missing something, it seems to make sense > to me. >
You might have to have sym links for /etc/apache and /var/apache also. The runtime environment is controlled by apache APR utilities. ---Bob This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
