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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Jason Flatt wrote:
> There is an issue with the apache2 spell (and maybe the apache22 spell, 
> though 
> I haven't checked) that I wanted to present for possible solutions.  It 
> seems 
> the configure script pretty much ignores any setting of --prefix (and 
> related 
> options) and will only use settings defined in config.layout.  Currently 
> the 
> spell is set to use the layout of GNU, and that puts everything in 
> /usr/local 
> (not specifying a layout seems to be pretty close to the same as specifying 
> GNU).  There isn't a perfect layout choice which maps directly with where 
> we 
> install files by default.
> 
> There are two options, as I see it:
>  1) Use the Debian layout instead, which is the closest to how we do it, of
>     the options already available.
>  2) Create a patch where I define a new layout that is exactly how we do it,
>     then set the spell to use that layout.
> 
> Is it acceptable enough to use the Debian layout, or should I create a 
> SourceMage (LSB?) layout?  Here is the definition of the Debian layout (if 
> you want to see what other layouts are available, see the config.layout 
> file 
> in the root directory of the source):
> 
> # Debian layout
> <Layout Debian>
>     prefix:
>     exec_prefix:   ${prefix}/usr
>     bindir:        ${exec_prefix}/bin
>     sbindir:       ${exec_prefix}/sbin
>     libdir:        ${exec_prefix}/lib
>     libexecdir:    ${exec_prefix}/lib/apache2/modules
>     mandir:        ${exec_prefix}/share/man
>     sysconfdir:    ${prefix}/etc/apache2
>     datadir:       ${exec_prefix}/share/apache2
>     iconsdir:      ${datadir}/icons
>     htdocsdir:     ${prefix}/usr/share/apache2/default-site/htdocs
>     manualdir:     ${htdocsdir}/manual
>     cgidir:        ${prefix}/usr/lib/cgi-bin
>     includedir:    ${exec_prefix}/include/apache2
>     localstatedir: ${prefix}/var/run
>     runtimedir:    ${prefix}/var/run
>     logfiledir:    ${prefix}/var/log/apache2
>     proxycachedir: ${prefix}/var/cache/apache2/proxy
>     infodir:       ${exec_prefix}/share/info
>     installbuilddir: ${prefix}/etc/apache2/build
>     errordir:      ${datadir}/error
> </Layout>

Our htdocsdir is ${prefix}/usr/share/www I believe and sysconfdir is
${prefix}/etc/httpd. I believe using the Debian layout, with minor
changes, would suffice.

We'll want some PRE_BUILD magic to modify the .layout for INSTALL_ROOT. ;)

Many of the configurations probably have some of these (htdocsdir,
libexecdir, etc.) hard-coded and would break with change, so a warning
would definately be in order. ;)

-sandalle

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