Mailing List Archive: Documentation bug

Documentation bug

Sep 12, 1995, 8:44 AM

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It would be good if the httpd.conf-dist were to include the following text
under:

# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# On SCO use User nouser, Group nogroup

User nobody doesn't work on SCO.

Why don't we include the conf directory as a candidate for patches? That's
why I did my last patch from the root instead of src/.

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Re: Documentation bug [ In reply to ]

awm at qosina

Sep 12, 1995, 9:23 AM

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+1 no problem with that... we have to start working on that stuff
anyway don't we?

At 04:44 PM 9/12/95 +0100, you wrote:
>It would be good if the httpd.conf-dist were to include the following text
>under:
>
># User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
># On SCO use User nouser, Group nogroup
>
>User nobody doesn't work on SCO.
>
>Why don't we include the conf directory as a candidate for patches? That's
>why I did my last patch from the root instead of src/.
>
>--
>Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435
>Freelance Consultant Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472
>and Technical Director Email: ben@algroup.co.uk (preferred)
>A.L. Digital Ltd, benl@fear.demon.co.uk (backup)
>London, England.
>
>[.Note for the paranoid: "fear" as in "Fear and Loathing
>in Las Vegas", "demon" as in Demon Internet Services, a
>commercial Internet access provider.]
>
>
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Re: Documentation bug [ In reply to ]

ben at gonzo

Sep 12, 1995, 10:39 AM

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>
>
> > Why don't we include the conf directory as a candidate for patches? That's
> > why I did my last patch from the root instead of src/.
>
> Can't you do it all from src using diff ../conf or whatever ?
> It's been done before.

Of course I can, I thought it wasn't allowed, though. If it is, I will.

> Making src the default for patches seems to make life much easier.

Whatever you prefer.

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Re: Documentation bug [ In reply to ]

hartill at ooo

Sep 12, 1995, 10:42 AM

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> Why don't we include the conf directory as a candidate for patches? That's
> why I did my last patch from the root instead of src/.

Can't you do it all from src using diff ../conf or whatever ?
It's been done before.

Making src the default for patches seems to make life much easier.

rob

Re: Documentation bug [ In reply to ]

paul at netcraft

Sep 13, 1995, 4:58 AM

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In reply to Ben Laurie who said
>
> >
> >
> > > Why don't we include the conf directory as a candidate for patches? That's
> > > why I did my last patch from the root instead of src/.
> >
> > Can't you do it all from src using diff ../conf or whatever ?
> > It's been done before.
>
> Of course I can, I thought it wasn't allowed, though. If it is, I will.
>
> > Making src the default for patches seems to make life much easier.
>
> Whatever you prefer.

Hmm, I think patches from the apache root rather than src is a better
idea since I've a new htpasswd program which I'll pass on sometime soon
(need to remove some BSD specific code to make it portable) and I'd expect
that Apache would then start to become more of a package rather than
just the server and people would want to patch other bits of it.

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