[gentoo-dev] webmin flag..? Re: apache/web use flag?

[Stroller]

On 7/7/03 8:58 pm, "Max Kalika" <max+lists.gentoo-dev@×××××××××.edu> wrote:

> Quoting Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o>:
>
>> Coming across ebuild submissions that have optional parts depending on
>> whether you have a web server installed (apache being the big example),
>> but in looking through use.desc I only see a USE flag for apache2 -
>> nothing for apache, or web, or www, what have you? Any opponents to some
>> type of use flag along this nature? If not, any recommendations?
>
> This would be vastly useful for many things (apcupsd/nut/xmltv/etc).

It's early in the morning for me, so apologies if this is as blurry to read
as it is to write.

I'd really like to see a "webmin" USE flag.

I was really pleased when I first migrated to Mandrake Linux to find that
facilities like webmin & GUI Kconfiguraton tools were available, then
quickly found that all the best HOWTOs referred editing the config files in
a text editor.

vi / nano is now my first approach to configuring any new package
 - it's just easier that way, to edit the text files & know *exactly* what
I'm specifying, rather than relying on a GUI which may respond to a checkbox
in an unexpected manner, or make other simplifications for me.

I was consequently quite shocked when I emerged Samba, to find that the Swat
component is hard-wired into ebuild. Now, I'm not disputing that there may
be good reasons for this (I take it Swat is distributed as part of the Samba
package?), but I had emerge'd this beautiful, simple, non-GUI,
server-optimised Unix, and a certainly don't want such rubbish on my
system!!

-I do have Apache webserver on my Gentoo box, but I don't need ANY webbased
admin tools at all. Is there any chance of a global "webmin" flag to deal
with this..?

Stroller.

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