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On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:17, Max Kalika wrote: |
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> I've ported over most of |
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> the Horde apps to use this eclass in my local tree as an exercise and let |
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> me tell you, installing (and upgrading) Horde is actually pleasant now. |
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Oh, yeah, I can see that. The app I have in mind is dotProject (also a |
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PHP web app) |
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Web Application installations ARE a bit more complex than just `make |
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install` the program: |
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a) installing PHP app (ok, this is relatively straight forward - you |
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just unpack tarball somewhere and ta-da, but one *does* need to know |
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where to put it) |
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b) ensure you've got all the dependencies. (Yuk). |
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c) configure application [not so optional, but in Gentoo you are |
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expected to do this on your own; also applies to:] |
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d) install DB tables [optional, depends on which DB you're running, etc, |
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etc... could guess from USE flags, but who wants an app just madly |
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crashing around creating tables, especially when config may not be in |
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place and when, if an upgrade, tables all ready exist] |
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"Where to put it" does have slightly broader implications. Under the |
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machine's default DocumentRoot seems a good idea, but there are many |
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instances where one wants to make a separate virtual host for the |
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installation, or, or.... |
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Is there a way that that can be automated too? I suspect not, without |
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going to something like linux-control-center or debconf or some similar |
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craziness] |
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Certainly as a first approximation, "sub directory of machine default |
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DocRoot" seems a not bad place to start, but I'm curious what others |
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think we should practice as I can think of numerous objections to this. |
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AfC |
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