docs/162862: DESTDIR environment variable setting is not correct for apache22

[Mniyardfa Jotawski]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On 26/11/2011 1:07 πμ, Mniyardfa Jotawski wrote:
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> 2011/11/25 Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi,
>>
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> Hi,
>
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>> The example is not specific to apache22 or in fact any specific web
>> server. You don't have to use apache to serve FreeBSD web pages. The
>> /usr/local/www is used as a common preference (or hint) as /usr is the
>> largest partition on most FreeBSD systems following the default
>> installation scheme. You are supposed to know how to install / configure a
>> web server and adapt these instructions to your specific installation.
>> IMHO, if we add apache specific information to this section we will also
>> have to add more sections describing  basic configuration for serving the
>> pages (like setting DocumentRoot, encoding etc.). I believe these are out
>> of scope for this document.
>>
>>
> I did agree with your opinion but since I specifically aimed to apache2,
> as I wrote in my Problem Description: , that requires that documents to
> serve should be in (or under) DocumentRoot which is
> /usr/local/www/apache22.  But once I follow suggestion in FDP Primer
> chapter 8.3, that installs all documents to /usr/local/www/data.  In this
> case, I have to create apache22 subdirectory under what DESTDIR environment
> variable points to and mv all data/ into that in order for my apache2 to
> start quietly.
>
>
> What you would really need to do is change the DESTDIR shown in the
> example to:
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> env DESTDIR=/usr/local/www/apache22 make install
>
> As I said, the example is not to be taken literally.  DESTDIR should be
> set to your own DocumentRoot (or whatever is called by the web server used)
> and not copied directly from fdp-primer.
>
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> Anyway, I also see that there will be an endless Notes to mention to the
> readers if we wrote to a  specific web-server like apache as you said me.
>
> May be that we put a few words to mention further  works after ``make all
> install''  for some specific server or all documents will have to be
> installed to ~/public_html/data otherwise.
>
>
> Not necessary if DESTDIR is set correctly beforehand
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>
>  Many thanks indeed for your time.
>
> Apologized me for disturbing and apologized me for my English too.
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> You are not disturbing, you are trying to make FreeBSD better! Thanks!
>

Hi,

All in all, I do agree with you but I found that the whole documents will
be placed under ~/public_html/data if  DESTDIR were not passed to make
command line.  Even one passed some value for DESTDIR to make command line,
the whole documents still be placed under ${DESTDIR}/data regardless of any
web servers used.


Should a few words mention this to the readers ?

Really apologized me indeed.  This is my limitation, my English.

With Best Regards,
psr