Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:52:05 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Nicholas Henry <nicholas.henry@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Apache 2 with custom options Message-ID: <42B70245.6030108@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <ee11ef4a05062010292cad8e14@mail.gmail.com> References: <ee11ef4a05061916025e0d120@mail.gmail.com> <ee11ef4a05062010292cad8e14@mail.gmail.com>
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Nicholas Henry wrote:
>FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004
>
>I have apache2 running which I installed from ports. All is running
>well. I would like to install the proxy module. As I'm relatively new
>to FreeBSD and Unix I'm not sure which is the best way to go. Is there
>a way to change the config options before doing a make. How do I do
>this so I add to the existing config options with out "overwriting
>them". Can you do this with ports?
>
>
I'm not quite sure what you are asking.
If you are asking "how do I get make to remember the configuration
options I used last time" then the easiest answer is to use
sysutils/portupgrade and put your options into
/usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf (which is pretty self documenting when you
edit it). Some ports now put the options you used in
/var/db/ports/{portname}/options, but apache2 doesn't seem to be one of
them yet. So if you didn't make a not of what you picked, you'll have
to work them out all over again :-(
If you are asking how to re-install apache2 without overwriting changes
you made to httpd.conf, then the safest way is to make backup copies
before deleting the package and reinstalling. (Easy with portugrgade -f
option). Actually, I think the port is clever about this and won't
remove the config file if you have changed it, but I'd make backups anyway.
Personally, when installing a complex port like apache2, I always try to
be generous about what modules etc I compile, and try to include stuff I
*might* need even if I have no use for it yet. Only experimental stuff
gets left out. Saves a lot of grief when you suddenly find a use for
proxying :-) Disk space is nearly always cheaper than time.
--Alex
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