Bug#475150: apache2.2-common: No possibility to supply defines (-D) on startup

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

Hi,

On Wednesday 09 April 2008, Bernhard Miklautz wrote:
> It is not possible to set defines for use in <IfDefine name>
> directive.
>
> The attached patch add a variable APACHE_DEFINES to
> /etc/default/apache2 which is evaluated at startup and passes the
> defines to apachectl.

in testing/unstable, this is already possible since 2.2.8-2 by setting 
APACHE_ARGUMENTS in /etc/apache2/envvars. (But it could use more 
documentation.)

In stable, this bug will not be fixed since it is just an enhancement 
request.

Cheers,
Stefan