[Lon-capa-dev] postinstall configuration of webserver
Scott Harrison
harris41@msu.edu
Tue, 05 Feb 2002 02:13:43 -0500
Dear All:
In the spirit of
automatic/automagic/seamless/plug-and-play/carefreeness/etc
make postinstall
will check and update your web server configuration
This currently only works on non-STABLE installations.
The eventual goal is to use postinstall to probe, and when possible
update, all needed configuration files of applications external to the
LON-CAPA code base.
>From the standpoint of packaging, this also prevents
hack-and-whack file overlapping between software packages.
And why might that be important?
It avoids user questions such as:
* What does "File conflict" mean when using 'rpm'?
* How do I configure such-and-such?
* I lost all my previous configuration files; why
on earth were they overwritten?!
I have heard these questions many many many times.
Rampant file overwriting causes problems. So...
I'm pretty sure I'm right on this one folks.
postinstall requires piml;
post installation markup language;
The 21st Century solution to everything;
CVS:loncom/build/piml_parse.pl.
Regards,
Scott
--
Scott Harrison -- Graduate Student
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Mich. State. Univ., East Lansing, MI
harris41@msu.edu, 517-353-0998