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Re: Bug#314808: Incorrect directory for web applications.



On 21-Jun-2005, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 05:37:27PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > On 21-Jun-2005, Brendan O'Dea wrote:
> > > Take a look at the apache2-doc package which installs a config
> > > fragment as /etc/apache2/conf.d/apache2-doc referring to the
> > > documentation under /usr/share/doc/apache2-doc/manual.
> > 
> > That works for Apache (of certain versions). We should be trying
> > to formulate something that can work for *any* HTTPD. While
> > conforming to the FHS, if possible.
> 
> You can use the Debian menu system for that purpose.
> You register webapps with a needs="web" and write menu-methods that 
> generate httpd config files from then.

If you mean the Debian 'menu' package, that sounds like an abuse of
the menu system at best. Why would registration of web application
server content require a registration system intended for interactive
desktop menus? Most servers I've come across don't install the 'menu'
package, nor should they need to.

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Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>

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