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Re: apache2 issues



Quoting Brian May (2014-07-30 02:54:10)
> On 29 July 2014 19:04, Jeroen Dekkers <[1]jeroen@dekkers.ch> wrote:
> 
>      As far as I can see this is a bug in the apache2 packaging. The httpd
>      virtual package should be provided by the apache2 package, not the
>      apache2-bin package, because the apache2-bin package doesn't provide a
>      working webserver. Bug report I just filed about this:
>      [2]https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756361
> 
>     
>    [...]
>     
> 
>      A policy bug about what httpd-wsgi should provide is still open however:
>      [3]https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588497
> 
>      It isn't very easy to specify what httpd-wsgi should mean, because
>      some WSGI servers are full webservers with WSGI support such as apache
>      and others like gunicorn are only supposed to run behind a proxying
>      server such as apache or nginx (similar to for example php-fpm).
> 
>    Thanks for the BTS references. Looks like I should keep using
>    "libapache2-mod-wsgi, apache2" for now, but be prepared to change this
>    depending on what happens with #756361.
>     
> 
>      So as far as I can see, the correct dependency should be:
> 
>      Depends: libapache2-mod-wsgi | httpd-wsgi, apache2 | httpd
> 
>      So it also possible to run other webservers.
> 
>    Yes, that looks good to me. Suspect the actual line may depend on what
>    happens with #588497.

You might then want to formally second that phrasing, then - i.e. 
sharing your opinion at the bugreport (I just did so myself), thanks to 
your raising awareness :-) .

 - Jonas

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