Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving the updated apache and associated ebuilds back into package.mask

[Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org>]

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On Saturday 16 April 2005 14:38, Paul Varner wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 06:56 +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> > The way I see it, we have three options:
> >  - package.mask (downgrades for those early adopters)
> >  - keep the same layout (/etc/apache2/conf, etc.) and wait until 2.2 is
> > out to change it
> >  - have the newer apache ebuilds migrate from old-style to new-style
> > config (very hard to do, but possible)
>
> As a user whose apache install is completely hosed at the moment due to
> these changes, my recommendation is all the above, with it being package
> masked immediately.

I disagree. This will actually put you in an inconsistent state as the old 
apache overlaps with apr/apr-util. What I think would be the best solution is 
to undo the config changes, but keep the apr change in a new ebuild set that 
get's updated to (up or downgrading I don't care).

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
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