apache2 update overwrites index.html.*

jmkf · n00b Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 3

May 8th I performed an updated of the apache2 package (actually world) and I noticed that the index.html.* I updated after the initial install were overwritten by the default ones during the upgrade. Has anyone else noticed this, and what can I do to avoid this in the future?

Chris W · Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject:

Either move your document root to somewhere other than /var/www/localhost, or add that directory to CONFIG_PROTECT in /etc/make.conf or on the command line during merges:

Immortal Q · Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject:

My solution is to store my sites as subdirectories of /var/www/localhost/htdocs, which, aside from the obscenely long pathname, works great - all my virtual hosts are arranged properly, and this allows things like horde and phpmyadmin to update cleanly. Does anyone else have any other arrangements that work well? Is there a "Gentoo Way" that works the best? And what else might we put in /var/www besides localhost?

Sorry about all the questions - this has been bugging me for a while.
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jmkf · n00b Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 3

I 've added /var/www/kruithof as structure that contains my information to be used on the web, and also updated the configuration files accordingly, avoid this in the future and keeping templates in /var/www/localhost. Probably I should have a look at some other applications as well.