Re: [gentoo-dev] Add USE_EXPAND for apache

[Josh Saddler <nightmorph@gentoo.org>]

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Benedikt Böhm wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the current behaviour of the apache ebuild -- chosing built-in modules based 
> on /etc/apache2/apache-builtin-mods -- is very aweful, especially for binary 
> packages.
> 
> Therefore, i would like to add APACHE2_MODULES and APACHE2_MPMS to USE_EXPAND. 
> I have already converted the ebuild in my local overlay and it works fine.
> 
> Currently, there are over 60 modules available in apache. Out of these, a good 
> default would look like this IMO:
> 
> APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_alias authn_anon 
> authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile 
> authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate 
> dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info 
> log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif 
> speling status unique_id userdir usertrack version vhost_alias"
> 
> If noone objects, I will make these changes to base/make.defaults and commit 
> the new ebuild during the next week.

If this goes through, please look over our existing apache-related
documentation and file a bug with any necessary changes.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/apache-upgrading.xml
[2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml, mostly chapter 9
[3] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/apache-troubleshooting.xml

Thanks!





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