Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Setting an env var for a specific ebuild

[Sri Gupta <oopsz@tripadelic.com>]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 08:38:51AM -0800, felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> I have a problem with building Apache and have not found any answers
> in searching the forums or asking.  Please let me know if this is not
> the right place to ask.
> 
> Apache uses a wrapper called suexec to run setuid cgi programs.  As
> part of its security check, suexec refuses to run any program whose
> location does not match a compiled-in path, which by default is
> .../public_html/...  Note that this path is NOT picked up from the run
> time configuration, but from the build time configuration.
> 
> The net-www/apache-2.0.52-ebuild sets this build time value with an
> env var:
> 
>     apache_setup_vars() {
>          # Sets the USERDIR to default.
>          USERDIR="public_html"
> 
> But I have always used a different USERDIR value, and do not know how
> to override this.  I have resorted to editing the ebuild directly,
> which means that I forget it on every upgrade and have to scratch my
> head every time the first suexec program fails.  I am getting quicker
> at diagnosing the problem :-)
> 
> Of course editing the ebuild is not the right way to do it, but I have
> not found any way of setting an override in /etc/portage or anywhere
> else.  I don't see how my own usr/local/portage ebuild would help; I'd
> have to copy it from /usr/portage and edit anyway.
> 
> Is there a better way, or any way, to set a more-or-less permanent
> override of this env var?

This mailing list is more for portage development.  
Gentoo-server would be a better one to ask on.

anyway, I have the same problem, and usually edit the ebuild every upgrade.  
I haven't found a more graceful way to change the suexec path.

-Sri

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