Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:58:18 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: joseph@randomnetworks.com Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best way to do this? Message-ID: <3A14C8FA.13360FB7@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011141213050.304-100000@rodan.water-programs.com>
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joseph@randomnetworks.com wrote:
> If you are looking for votes to do this count me for one. At a
> minimum the layout for all of the Apache ports should be identical. 4.2
> should not go out the door with out this.
I have to say I agree. The current state of things is just whacked, and
it's dragged out too long. Knu has a nifty little routine in the cvsweb
port that I cribbed for something I'm working on. I was actually
considering submitting a patch to bsd.port.mk to this effect since I
think it would help people in both camps. The gist of my suggestion is
below. I think we want to keep the compatability for
$prefix/share/apache in case someone has already installed a bunch of
stuff there, although I wouldn't be heartbroken if it went away.
.if !exists(${PREFIX}/www) && exists(${PREFIX}/share/apache)
WWW_DIR?= share/apache
WWW_CGIDIR?= share/apache/cgi-bin
WWW_DATADIR?= share/apache/data
WWW_ICONSDIR?= share/apache/icons
.else
WWW_DIR?= www
WWW_CGIDIR?= www/cgi-bin
WWW_DATADIR?= www/data
WWW_ICONSDIR?= www/icons
.endif
Then you use it (for example) like this:
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PREFIX}/${WWW_CGIDIR}:${PORTSDIR}/www/apache13
Putting the files in /usr/local (ok, $PREFIX) /www/[foo] is more
generic, (i.e., not apache-centric), more backwards compatible, and
helps avoid what I feel is unneeded pollution of $PREFIX/share/. This
would make life easier for all of the www porters.
Just a thought,
Doug
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