Amanda Waite wrote:
> Thanks for the comments. Replies inline.
>
> Prashant Srinivasan wrote:
>   
>> Amanda,
>>
>>  >  Lighttpd is delivered as the SUNWlhttpd package
>>
>>  We will need a SUNWlhttpdusr and a SUNWlhttpdroot package at least, to 
>> cover the files that go into /usr and /var.  I'm not sure if the /etc 
>> artifacts need another package for them - I'm guessing not.  Since the 
>> /usr and /var separation probably happens for sparse root zone support.  
>> MySQL will be a good example to look at here.
>>   
>>     
> I'll look at what others have done here. SUNWlhttpdroot will be a very 
> "light" package.
>
>   
Do you happen to know as what is the convention here - SUNWlhttpdroot or 
SUNWlhttpdr ? Though, this is very cosmetic - I always have this 
confusion as to what is the standard ?

- sriram
>>  >  /usr/sbin/lighttpd
>>
>>   You may get asked about the choice of /usr/sbin as a home for the 
>> lighty executable . . . since non-system applications usually make it 
>> into /usr/bin.
>>   
>>     
> I did feel that it should go into /usr/bin until I saw that all of the 
> other binary distributions that I've seen install the Lighttpd binary to 
> sbin in $PREFIX. /usr/local/sbin (sunfreeware), /opt/csw/sbin 
> (blastwave), /opt/coolstack/lighttpd/sbin and even /usr/sbin in the case 
> of Ubuntu
>   
>>  Also, it may be desirable to symlink the man page from /usr/share/man
>>   
>>     
> I'll add this, it did seem odd to me at the time I wrote it.
>   
>>   
>>     
>>> Lighttpd has no obvious history of any interface instability and has been 
>>> rock solid since we've worked with it (v 1.4.15)
>>>     
>>>       
>>  I think the section interface stability section refers to stability of 
>> the definition, not the presence/absence of bugs in the implementation.  
>> I may be wrong here though.  Good to check other ARC cases here.
>>  -ps
>>   
>>     
> I guess I wrote this badly, I meant rock solid in that they haven't kept 
> changing the interfaces with every minor release
>
> Amanda
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