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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] apache eclass
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:53:58
Message-Id: 200306121153.57145.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] apache eclass by "Robin H.Johnson"
1 On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:37, Robin H.Johnson wrote:
2 > A possible solution:
3 > All webapps install to something NOT inside DocumentRoot.
4 > 'ebuild /usr/portage/.../foo.ebuild config' sets up the application
5 > (needed in most cases already) AND puts in a symlink to the
6 > DocumentRoot.
7 >
8 > This also makes it easier to support virtualhost configurations that all
9 > have access to a common tool, and makes temporarily disabling an
10 > application for security reasons much easier to do.
11
12 I agree with this solution. It also allows running different versions of web
13 apps next to eachother. It also allows one to be able to put them in the tree
14 where desired. Those locations should also include the package version.
15
16 Paul
17
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Re: [gentoo-dev] apache eclass "Robin H.Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>