Re: Bug#32263: Unexpected use of /cgi-bin/
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 09:17:17PM -0500, Brian White wrote:
> > > What will break most is packages that use /usr/lib/cgi-bin, and they can
> > > be fixed before the next release of Debian so as to make the entire
> > > transition appear seamless.
> >
> > Sure, the scripts will move and they will still work in and of
> > themselves, but what about all the hard links from webpages on their
> > site to scripts in /cgi-bin that are debian cgi scripts installed by
> > packages. If we suddenly change it to /cgi-lib then links to all the
> > debian installed cgi's are now broke.
>
> If it has been coded as this, fixing it is trivial... Place symlinks
> in the new /cgi-bin/ (assuming that isn't how it has already been done)
> to the scripts in /usr/lib/cgi-bin. You could even ask to do this
> during the upgrade procedure of apache.
Polluting their 'new' local /cgi-bin with links to /cgi-lib kind of
defeats the whole purpose doesn't it?
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