Re: [sheflug] Apache, shtml and php config. problem

[Ruth Gunstone <ruth [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <1155549930.5863.19.camel [at] ubuntu>
          Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 10:57 +0100, Lesley Binks wrote:
>> Just for what it's worth (which probably isn't very much) I don't
>> believe in this 'thou shalt not edit the config files' vein of thought
>> at all.
> 
> Well, just so people understand the reasoning behind this - it's not
> particularly dogmatic.
> 
> If you're compiling your own Apache, you're pretty much free to do what
> you want. If you're using a packaged Apache, though, it's best to stick
> to how it's supposed to be done.

[snip]

> Now, if you edit the configuration files, the packaging system will
> notice, and it will leave Apache's config alone - it realises that
> you've touched the files and doesn't want to destroy your edits.
> However, that does mean that you miss out on the good stuff in newer
> versions of the package - you then have to do everything manually,
> rather than have it done for you, and that usually leads to mistakes and
> broken configuration.

... and even more frustration for minimal-techies like me :-)

Point taken.

Another reason I was impressed with Ubuntu was the auto-update feature 
(I've set this to happen at midnight, as my broadband is unmetered 
then :-)).


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Ruth Gunstone

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