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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 10:07:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Dean Gaudet <dgaudet@arctic.org>
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Subject: Re: regardless... ralf's autoconf path has use
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I am very much in favour of this... heck it's something that even I get
annoyed by when I set up a new system with apache.  I always make
$prefix/bin and stuff the tools in there... previously I stuffed my own
control script, but now I'm using apachectl.  I always end up needing
htpasswd or dbmmanage... 

Dean

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:

> 
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.96dg4.980302094715.14603B-100000@twinlark.arctic.org> you wrote:
> 
> > I didn't follow the entire thread.  But there's an open PR asking that the
> > "make install" rule build and install a bunch of the support tools as
> > well.  And I think this is a useful thing.  It looked like Ralf did this
> > in his patch. 
> 
> Yes, all important support tools are installed, too. _Even_ with correct Perl
> interpreter path inserted for Perl scripts like dbmmanage and correct Apache
> paths inserted in scripts like apachectl. And of course it automatically
> adjusts the *.conf files according to the used paths.
> 
> As I said, after "make install" you immediately can try out Apache by running
> `<PREFIX>/sbin/apachectl start'. This what users want: A out-of-the-box build
> and installation where no manual editing is needed on the one hand and the
> ability to be able to specifiy non-standard thinks (like compiled-in modules,
> used Rules, CC, CFLAGS, etc.).
> 
> Of course, I understand and accept that my configure stuff is considered a new
> feature (even if it doesn't patch or hurt existing stuff) and that it's a
> little bit late. But as Dean wanted to state here, first the users really
> wanted it in the past and second it _is_ also what the hackers expect...
> 
> Greetings,
>                                        Ralf S. Engelschall
>                                        rse@engelschall.com
>                                        www.engelschall.com
>