docs/114898: Update handbook section 27.7 to handle Apache 2.x

Ernst de Haan znerd at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jul 25 14:30:03 UTC 2007


>Number:         114898
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Update handbook section 27.7 to handle Apache 2.x
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 25 14:30:02 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ernst de Haan
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Fri Jul 13 03:43:15 UTC 2007 peter at freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEFALL i386
>Description:
The FreeBSD Handbook, section 27.7, describes the installation of Apache:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-apache.html

My request is to update the handbook so it takes Apache 2.x into account.
Possible options include:

  1. Initially add notes in section 27.7 where the current description
     does not apply to Apache 2, detailing the differences.
     Then at some later point, when Apache 2 becomes the preferred version,
     this approach can be reversed, so the main description deals with
     Apache 2, with notes detailing the differences with Apache 1.3.

  2. Have a separate page describing Apache 2.x (less preferred IMHO).

A first step would be to indicate that Apache 2.1 and 2.2 are available from
ports. Currently, section 27.7 indicates Apache can be installed from either
www/apache13 or from www/apache20. However, there are various alternative
options:

	$ ls /usr/ports/www | grep ^apache
	apache-contrib
	apache-forrest
	apache-jserv
	apache-mode.el
	apache13
	apache13+ipv6
	apache13-modperl
	apache13-modssl
	apache13-modssl+ipv6
	apache13-ssl
	apache20
	apache21
	apache22

I would suggest at least apache22 to be mentioned, possibly even instead of
apache20, since according to the Apache project, 2.2.x is preferred over
2.0.x:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



More information about the freebsd-doc mailing list