Re: Apache -5 install clobbers /etc/apache files

[Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> > All my files in /etc/apache (besides httpd.conf~) were clobbered
> > when installing 1.13.24-5 over 1.13.24-1.  How can this happen???
> To be exact, the -1 version removed it during uninstall.
> Well, shit happens....
No, this is a packaging *error*.  Packages (like apache) should NOT 
install configuration files, for precisely this reason.  They should 
install "default" files, and then cp them IFF the "real" file doesn't 
exist.

e.g.

apache-VER-REL.tar.bz2 contains
  /etc/httpd.conf.default
  /etc/postinstall/apache.sh

apache.sh:
--------
#!/bin/sh
if [ ! -f /etc/httpd.conf ] ; then
  cp /etc/httpd.conf.default /etc/httpd.conf
fi
--------

--Chuck