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Re: [ITP] Apache 2.0
On Jun 20 12:20, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jun 20 01:57, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >>There doesn't seem to be any particular consensus between Linux distros on
> >>whether the package should be called "apache2" or "httpd".
> >>I have chosen to follow the naming of the official tarball, and call it
> >>"httpd". (Red Hat/Fedora does the same, FWIW)
> >
> >I like "apache2" better, FWIW.
>
> The assumption that package name == tarball stem name is somewhat implied
> by the generic-build-script system. It wouldn't be impossible to work
> around, but it would be a bit weird.
>
> What should the filenames be?
Oh, I don't care. I just expressed my opinion. If you're more happy
with httpd, it's your choice.
> >- Why is the library not in /usr/bin as every other shared lib which is
> >load-time linked?
>
> It seemed neater, and eliminating potential problems, to put it alongside
> the only executable that needed it, so that it would be found independent
> of PATH.
>
> >- Why is it called .so? I have no problems with run-time linked modules
> > called .so, we already have a couple of these, but I'm reluctant to call
> > load-time linked libs .so. Did you test it on 9x?
>
> No, I said goodbye to my last 9x machine a *loooong* time ago.
>
> > I know for sure that
> > you can call executables "foo" instead of "foo.exe" on NT, but the same
> >doesn't work on 9x. What about load-time linked DLLs?
> >
> >- Why are the *.dlla. and *.la files in /usr/sbin? They belong under
> >/usr/lib, don't they?
>
> The .so naming was specifically to cause this, (it's the only way to stop
> libtool from putting the dll in ../bin). The reason was to keep all of the
> files related to this implementation detail in a single directory.
I understand what you are up to and the idea is neat. But you know that
cygwin1.dll is in /bin anyway. If the system can't find cygwin1.dll, it's
pretty much irrelevant if it finds cyghttpd2core.{so,dll}, isn't it?
I think it might be better to keep it in /bin and especially keep the dll
suffix to avoid any potential problem with 9x. You have been warned ;-)
Corinna
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