On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:53:46AM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
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> On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:37, Robin H.Johnson wrote:
> > A possible solution:
> > All webapps install to something NOT inside DocumentRoot.
> > 'ebuild /usr/portage/.../foo.ebuild config' sets up the application
> > (needed in most cases already) AND puts in a symlink to the
> > DocumentRoot.
> >
> > This also makes it easier to support virtualhost configurations that all
> > have access to a common tool, and makes temporarily disabling an
> > application for security reasons much easier to do.
> I agree with this solution. It also allows running different versions of web 
> apps next to eachother. It also allows one to be able to put them in the tree 
> where desired. Those locations should also include the package version.
Good idea. I didn't think of that.

I've often modified web-application in-place for various reasons, so
that would work well. So install them, with SLOT="${PV}-${PR}" (I don't
know if there is a shortcut for that).

Any suggestions on where the location should be?
/usr/share/www/* is my suggestion.

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