[gentoo-dev] Apache packages refresh

[gentoo-dev] Apache packages refresh

[Michael Stewart]

The Gentoo Apache Team is pleased to announce the unmasking of package 
updates that have been in the works for months. Some of the major 
changes include:

  - New configuration and configuration locations to more closely match 
upstream and reduce confusion for users coming from other distributions.
  - Modules now use a centralized eclass that builds, installs, and 
displays standard information on enabling the module. This allows easier 
maintenance of existing modules, and allows us to more rapidly develop 
ebuilds for modules that are not yet in the tree.
  - Expanded USE flags to customize your apache installation now let you 
choose multiple MPMs to build and make it easy to switch between them.
  - A new gentoo-webroot that will eventually provide a gentoo-themed 
icon-set, error documents, and default website. This has been put in 
it's own package, and includes a USE-flag to not install the 
gentoo-webroot into /var/www/localhost - useful if you put your own 
website there.
  - And much more, including the fixing of many many bugs

These changes will shortly be available for users running unstable ~arch 
KEYWORDS). We believe our changes to be safe for general consumption as 
we have been testing them for several months and they have been 
available, albeit package masked, for over a month.

Because of these changes and improvements, when you upgrade to the new 
revision of Apache, you will need to take care of some things. These are 
fully documented in our Apache Package Refresh Document [1], but in 
summary, this is what you will need to do:

  - Merge any customizations that you have made to the Apache 
configuration into the new configuration at /etc/apache2/httpd.conf (The 
configuration file location has changed). Note that the init script for 
apache checks for a configuration in the old location and refuses to 
start if you haven't moved/removed it - this is to avoid the possibility 
of moving to a configuration that isn't right for your machine.
  - Update any modules that you used to revisions that support the new 
eclass. Older modules will not work due to location changes.
  - Restart Apache

We have done our best to make it easy to migrate, but if you have 
problems, feel free to visit us in #gentoo-apache on irc.freenode.net or 
on our mailing list gentoo-web-user@gentoo.org and we'll be glad to help.


If you are a package maintainer that has a package that uses Apache in 
any way, you should check the documentation[1] and modify your ebuild to 
make use of new Apache paths. We have tried to file bugs against all 
packages that need changes, but we may have missed some.


Thanks,
The Gentoo Apache Team

[1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~vericgar/doc/apache-package-refresh.html


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