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> Hi, |
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Hi! ;) |
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> 1) I am currently using the directory /opt/webmin as an installation |
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> dir. I appreciate that Gentoo wants to keep /opt for binaries only, and |
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> that webmin does not technically qualify as a binary distribution, but I |
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> think it comes damn close. Does anyone agree/disagree with this view, |
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> and if you disagree, where should webmin go? |
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I think it should be installed in /usr/{bin,sbin,lib/webmin,share/webmin} as |
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most (all?) other packages with source do.. |
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> 2) SSL. Perl doesn't pay any attention to the ssl use flag as far as I |
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> am aware, so my strategy has been to have Perl grab the SSL module from |
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> CPAN if the use var is set, and then configure webmin with support for |
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> same. Again, comments? Suggestions? |
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Create a separate ebuild for dev-perl/ssl if it doesn't exist already, and |
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make webmin depend on it if ssl is in USE.. eg: |
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DEPEND="ssl? ( dev-perl/ssl )" |
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> 3) What distribution should be chosen as a close approximation of |
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> Gentoo. I choose Redhat 7.2 as my first guess, and then later upgraded |
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> to .3 and I haven't noticed anything obviously broken, but extensive |
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> testing would be required before I'd let this anywhere near portage. |
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> Suggestions? Volunteers for testing? :) |
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I'm not sure, but I'd guess Debian or FreeBSD are the ones that come closest.. |
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> 4) I presumed that Webmin should not automatically be started on boot, |
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> that stuff should be handled by the user and whatever their preference |
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> of inetd or xinetd is, is this the correct approach? |
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Just create a /etc/init.d/webmin start/stop-script.. Then the user just have |
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to run "rc-update add webmin default" to make it start at boot, just like |
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with all other "daemon"-packages... |
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You can (and should) also add a /etc/xinetd.d/webmin that contains the line |
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"disable = yes"... |
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> 5) License. Webmin uses a strange one, but not one that is restrictive. |
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> I presume it is OK just to add an entry in Gentoo's Lisencing dir |
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> specifically for Webmin and its kin. |
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Yes. |
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> Any suggestions welcome, I'll post further when I have some more |
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> tangible results to show. |
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Please ask if you have any questions or need any help! |
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// Wigren |
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