[arch-dev-public] cleaned-up apache package
Dale Blount
dale at archlinux.org
Fri Jun 20 09:38:42 EDT 2008
> > +1 on the change from /home, but I don't think /usr/share is the right
> > place. /usr should be able to be mounted read-only except when software
> > is changed. That's something you can't do if you keep websites
> > there. /var/www or /srv/www are much better choices.
>
> You got me wrong. :-) /usr/share is used only for the datadir. According to
> configure this is for "read-only architecture-independent data". And those
> things should stay in /usr/share. There is no pre-configured documentroot
> where you have to put your webpages. That's up to the user who has to adjust
> httpd.conf to his needs. Nobody should put his web content
> under /usr/share. :-) But there will be an install message about this.
/usr/share will host the error directory. I for one have several hosts
with custom error files, although I suppose a rw remount to change those
isn't the end of the world.
Dale
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