wiadomosc od Aaron Bannert, z dnia Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 01:08:42PM -0700
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:29:56PM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> > httpd and APR both do not have their default prefix set to
> > /usr/local, but rather /usr/local/{apache2,apr}. I think it's
> > better to follow that strategy than /usr/local for the clueless
> > newbie who doesn't use --prefix. -- justin
>
> I think that's because there is a very high chance that both httpd
> and APR may have multiple installed versions in parallel.
Here's a snippet from 1.3 INSTALL file:
Note: To reduce the pollution of shared installation locations
(like /usr/local/ or /etc) with Apache files to a minimum the
string ``/apache'' is automatically appended to 'libexecdir',
'sysconfdir', 'datadir', 'localstatedir' and 'includedir' if
(and only if) the following points apply for each path
individually:
1. the path doesn't already contain the word ``apache''
2. the path was not directly customized by the user
...so it looks like it was intended to have all files under separate directory.
> I doubt
> that flood will be used in the same conditions, and if it is they
> should use the same thing everyone else uses to install in a new
> location: --prefix.
Correct, but right now flood install means also APR/APR-util install. That way
you just have all-purpose library installed system wide. What if that
overwrites another set of APR/APR-util libs from other httpd-2.0/subversion
instalation? Big suckage.
> It really is a pain for users when autoconf-based
> projects go and try to do their own thing.
I think flood needs a nice and descriptive build doc (current doc is nice, but
not descriptive :)). We could write why default PREFIX is separate directory,
and how to link flood dynamically against external APR/APR-util and have only
file for instalation (which fits /usr/local location quite nicely). I'm still
playing with httpd-docs xml/xsl files, but looks like I'll have a flood-docs
skeleton ready soon.
regards,
--
Jacek Prucia
7bulls.com S.A.
