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marxav

Member

From: Gatineau, PQ, Canada

Registered: 2006-09-24

Posts: 386

Web Package Policy.

The following bug report was closed and makes reference to the lack of web package policy:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10920

I understand that web applications will work on more than one web server and as a result, it might not be obvious to assign an installation directory.  But what is obvious though is that some standardisation is somewhat suitable:

PHPMyAdmin
_instdir=${startdir}/pkg/srv/www/phpMyAdmin

punBB
install -d -m0755 $startdir/pkg/srv/www && \
  mv $pkgname-$pkgver/upload $startdir/pkg/srv/www/punbb && \

phpBB
instdir=$startdir/pkg/home/httpd/html/phpbb

Squirrelmail
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/home/httpd/html/squirrelmail

PHPPGAdmin
instdir=$startdir/pkg/srv/www/phppgadmin

I am sure there are others...

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Web Package Policy.

I really don't understand what is the problem here.
Your bug report says that phpmyadmin, phppgadmin and apache all install in /srv/www, so what is wrong?
Just report a bug for punbb, phpbb and squirrelmail to follow that new scheme (one bug per package, because they can be maintained by different people).

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marxav

Member

From: Gatineau, PQ, Canada

Registered: 2006-09-24

Posts: 386

Re: Web Package Policy.

Well, let me clarify.  I initially submitted a bug report because it was recommended by a Dev.
For the record, Apache does not install in /srv/www.  Maybe I mis-expressed myself.  Apache sets the document root in /srv/http.  It is not in line with the above listed packages.  It is more or less a chicken and egg thing.
The bug report I submitted was closed because it was not considered a bug and it is suggested to set virtualhosts for the affected applications.  Creating a bug report for punbb, squirrelmail and the like will be closed too...  And I will be told to create virtualhosts.  If there is a web policy (or whatever you want to call such a business rule) then it might be easier to set/manage the virtualhosts.  I don't know how others webservers set their document root.  Maybe it has to be addressed in the policy.

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Web Package Policy.

Hmm, I am not perfectly sure, but it seems like the intention now is to use /srv.
So /srv/http and /srv/www can be both used, but not /home.

http://www.mail-archive.com/arch-dev-pu … 03031.html

* use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
        * no package should own files within /home

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