Peter Van Lone wrote:
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:23 AM, David C. Rankin
wrote: O -- Sorry about that. I never use Yast for any serious package setup. I have found that none of the package documentation (i.e. Apache manual) gives configuration in Yast instruction. I have always wondered why people don't mind spending hours figuring out how to make a configuration work in yast when in the same amount of time, the complete configuration could have been learned without the limitations imposed by yast.
Yast is good, but remember it is only "Yet Another Setup Tool".
yes, yes ... but the most important of the questions I asked were WHY use the .local version of httpd.conf?
I don't think the generic apache docs ever mention such a beast ... is this SUSE specific, and what is the purpose of using it instead of the straight httpd.conf file?
Peter
The name choice is simply to help me remember that my local specific config is in the .local file. Also, when doing package updates, the httpd.conf can be overwritten with an update whereas the .local file will not be touched. I could have called it: my.feeble.attempt.at.httpd.conf and as long as I modified /etc/sysconfig/apache2 to read: APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES="my.feeble.attempt.at.httpd.conf" instead of APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES="httpd.conf.local" it wouldn't make any difference. The key is simply remember to tell apache what additional files to include. All and all, apache2 and the way suse splits the config files into different files that each deal with a specific part of the config has made it easier for me to learn than scrolling through a 400 line all-in-one config file. The individual files basically track to different manual sections. Mandrake used to simply use a single httpd.conf (7.0 days) and that was fine, but inconvenient. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org