question about new webstand (was Bug#8223: info2www symlink broken)
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> Package: info2www
> Version: 1.2.2.9-4
>
> While the webstandard states that http://localhost/doc/ should resolve to
> files in the /usr/doc directory, it doesn't provide that there needs to be a
> symlink in /var/www. The info2www symlink should be to /usr/doc/info2www,
> not just doc/info2www
The problem is that the policy forbids absolute symlinks. That's why I
can't use `/usr/doc/info2www'.
But why is /var/www not guaranteed to exist?
The Webstandard 3.0 (part of the new policy) says:
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3.Web Document Root
Web Applications should try to avoid storing files in the Web
Document Root. Instead use the /usr/doc/<package> directory for documents
and register the Web Application via the menu package. If access to the
web-root is unavoidable then use
/var/www
as the Document Root. This might be just a symlink to the location
where the sysadmin has put the real document root.
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It seams to me as all Debian web _servers_ should create ask the user
where he wants to have the web root and make a symlink to /var/www. They
should also make a symlink /var/www/doc -> ../../usr/doc or tell the web
server to map URL's with directory /doc/ to /usr/doc/.
Or do I have to use the new menu system?
Thanks,
Chris
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