Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN
Hi,
Fine. Y'all have convinced me that the proposed solution is
correct, and we do not need to provide distinct name spaces for
system vs user scripts.
Have we decided on whether aj's proposed changes (below) are
what we reached a consensus on?
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/usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<packages dump CGI scripts in here willy-nilly>
~wwwdata/cgi-bin/
<packages make symlinks to /usr/lib/cgi-bin/blah in postinst,
based on some setting in /etc/ somewhere>
So that admins can just rm symlinks to scripts they don't need, or,
if they want to be absolutely sure they don't get any cgi-bin scripts
they don't want, change the config file.
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Hmm. What happens if I remove a symlink, and then the package
is upgraded?
Manoj> So, as an early adopter, I start using /usr/lib/cgi-bin, it
Manoj> won't work until the web servers have done so. Hmm. perhaps
Manoj> we should recommend web servers provide the script alias, but
Manoj> warn packagers not to use it until web servers have
Manoj> transitioned.
Brian> By "I start using", you mean as a package maintainer? If so,
Brian> then you are correct. It's important that the webserver
Brian> packages get updated first, then we can get to the real goal
Brian> converting packages to use cgi-lib so that webmasters can set
Brian> <webroot>/cgi-bin to be ~www-data/cgi-bin (or whatever they
Brian> prefer). Whew!
Umm. Again, if the packages set symlinks, we do not need to
wait for the webservers first, do we? I mean, the symlink shall br
created in postinst, and thus the cgi-program shall continue to exist
in <webroot>/cgi-bin/blah, irrespective of whether the web server has
transitioned.
manoj
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