> -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 6:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Changes to server config: opinions wanted > > > > Hi all, > > I've been comparing httpd-test/perl-framework with our > prototype in-house > apache tester, and the main difference I've found has been > that our tests > carry what configuration directives they need inside the .t > files; there > is no extra.conf. This makes the tests more self-contained, > and has the > advantage that it allows each test to be carried out in different > `contexts' -- the same test can be run with its directives in the main > configuration, in a vhost or in .htaccess files. > > [Basically, each test calls the function UseConfigurationDirectives(), > which generates the configuration and SIGHUPs httpd. There is also a > method for tests to specify contexts in which they may/may > not be run.] > > I'm quite happy to port this functionality to httpd-test -- it isn't a > massive change -- but before I start (in earnest) I'd like to know if > anybody thinks it would break anything.
are you suggesting removing the extra.conf functionality, or making it either/or? extra.conf is extremely convenient... --Geoff
