Bug#491547: web server policy requires /var/www, not in FHS

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 01:21:19PM +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> > I have made a first minimal draft.
> > Please comment.
> > 
> > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > index bf959f1..5661f4b 100644
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -7043,6 +7043,11 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
> >  		</p>
> >  	      </item>
> >  	      <item>
> > +                <p>
> > +                  The <file>/var/www</file> directory is additionally allowed. 
> > +                </p>
> > +	      </item>
> > +	      <item>
> >  		<p>
> >  		  On GNU/Hurd systems, the following additional
> >  		  directories are allowed in the root
> > @@ -9752,7 +9757,7 @@ http://localhost/cgi-bin/.../<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
> >  		<package>doc-base</package> package.  If access to the
> >  		web document root is unavoidable then use
> >  		<example compact="compact">
> > -/var/www
> > +/var/www/html
> >  		</example>
> >  		as the Document Root.  This might be just a symbolic
> >  		link to the location where the system administrator
> 
> Fine with me, thanks.

Anybody else willing to second this ?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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