[ Please follow-up to debian-webapps ]
Hi,
I was working on packaging a new version of bugzilla and when I checked my
package with lintian I discovered that /usr/lib/cgi-bin is now
deprecated by the policy standards:
W: bugzilla: file-in-usr-lib-cgi-bin usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/
N:
N: Packages shipping web server CGI files should install them in
N: /usr/lib/cgi-lib, not in /usr/lib/cgi-bin. This is done to avoid
N: conflicts with the cgi-bin script alias, which is reserved for the
N: local use of webmasters. Web servers should include /cgi-lib/ as a
N: standard ScriptAlias pointing to that directory.
I understand why this change is welcome but I'm a bit surprised because
of the following points:
I'm subscribed to the debian-webapps mailing list and have never
seen any topic about this, I'm a bit surprised such a change has not
been mentioned there.
Why have we created this list for? :-/
I think that we should document somewhere how to handle this
migration. Just changing the path /usr/lib/cgi-bin to /usr/lib/cgi-lib
in our debian/rules isn't enough, we have at least to warn the user
that he has to make sure that his webserver provides a Script Aliasing
feature from cgi-lib/ to cgi-bin/.
If this is already documented somewhere, feel free to tell me where.
I plan to do the following for the bugzilla package:
1/ Add a debconf note for notyfing the user about the location change.
2/ Provide an example configuration file that enables script-aliasing
for an apache virtual host.
That won't prevent breakages on upgrades, but at least, the user will now
what happens.
Best regards,
--
Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net>
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