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[Bug 39973] New: - Nix on compiled-in paths
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Summary: Nix on compiled-in paths
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.3-HEAD
Platform: All
URL: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/apachectl.html
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: P2
Component: All
AssignedTo: bugs[at]httpd.apache.org
ReportedBy: Dave[at]Yost.com
Say apache-2.1.0 is running in /var/apache/. Now I want to build 2.2.2 and try it out using port 8080.
In the apache-2.2.2 src dir, I run
configure --prefix=/var/apacheTest
so I won't clobber the running server, and I tweak the /var/apacheTest dir with a new httpd.conf file
and maybe some symlinks to the live htdocs dir etc.
There are two problems with this approach:
1. I have to build a special version of php etc. for the /var/apacheTest location.
2. When I decide it's OK to cut over to 2.2.2, I have to re-configure and rebuild apache-2.2.2, php, etc.
and take the server down while make install is clobbering things in /var/apache.
It seems to me that the solution is for apachectl to work like this:
apachectl start [ <apache-root-dir> ]
The only file that should maybe have an apache-root-dir path burned into it is apachectl itself, so it can
default to the standard location. But on unix even that is unnecessary because it is possible to deduce
the dir from which apachectl was executed by looking at argv[0].
All pathnames used in conf files and used by modules should normally be relative to apache-root-dir
(whether it was given explicitly or defaulted to). If you want to put stuff outside of the apache-root-dir
tree, you can use full paths in conf files or you can use symlinks on platforms that support them.
Or something like that. Forgive me if I am missing something obvious.
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