The latest squirrelmail ebuild tries to patch 'squirrelmail-1.2.11-gentoo.diff but the file is missing in the portage tree. Also this and earlier squirrelmail ebuilds are incompatible with apache2 as it uses a hardcoded path ' /etc/apache/conf/apache.conf' in the line 'HTTPD_ROOT="`grep '^DocumentRoot' /etc/apache/conf/apache.conf | cut -d\ -f2`"' The Gentoo ev team have choosen to consequently use the term 'apache2' in directories and files belonging to apache version 2.x as a consequese this ought to be reflected in all new ebuilds relating to or involving apache. Ebuilders should be made aware of this. Yes, I know apache2 still are marked "~arch" which is kinda strange as it been running stable for quite some time. The fact that some packages still havn't catched up with it as php4 is not really an excuse to consider it unstable (IMHO).
I removed references to the diff as it is no longer needed. Re: apache1 vs. apache2 My feeble brain has been unable to come up with a "solid" solution for this build to be compatible with both apaches or how to determine which one to utilize as they both can be installed simultaneously. As a solution comes to me I will post on this bug.
Maybe: 1. Make use of USE variables "apache" and "apache2" to determine which config files to check for. 2. Check for the existance of one or both config files depending on the USE variables. 3. Grep any you find for DocumentRoot. 4. If two config files exist and they both contain different DocumentRoot entries, install in both. Else install in the one unique DocumentRoot you find. ...or a variation thereof. If you go with USE variables, in order to be consistent with gentoo defaults, I'd reccomend checking for only apache (and not apache2) in the event that neither USE variable is defined.
I'd also like to direct your attention to this: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36953 Not sure if I should file a new bug.
I agree about using USE varable for apache but as far as I know there is only an 'apache2' varable and no 'apache' - and I think it makes sense. If you don't have any version of apache you won't install squirrelmail and it's overload to use 2 varables to check which version. So I would go for IUSE="apache2" and of check for the variable and branch accordingly. Then I must say I'm abiy doubtful about the Gentoo implementation of apache and httpd in general. I don't see any sense in the option of running both apache 1.3 & 2.x except for testing purposes and then you normally would be able to set this up by your self. Also, what if you choose to run an other webserver then apache? I think it would be a better idea to structure it like PROVIDE="virtual/httpd", slit up apache1 and apache2 in the portage tree and realize that SLOTS are not a solution for everything.
I personal like the way apache stuffs is setup on Gentoo currently. I can have both versions installaed at the same time so I can test and then revert back to the old version if and when needed. I have made 2 attempts at moving completely to apache2 but have run into little minor hiccups each time. It's good to have the first apache to fall back on. I will update the squirrelmail ebuild soon. I'll post here when changes have been made utilizing the apache2 USE variable.
FWIW, portage is now apparently set up to use apache2 by default. I tried to emerge squirrelmail on a system which did not have either apache nor php already loaded. These are my results: checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes checking for working const... yes checking flex version... 2.5.4 (ok) checking for pthreads_cflags... -pthread checking for pthreads_lib... Configuring SAPI modules checking for AOLserver support... no checking for Apache 1.x module support via DSO through APXS... Sorry, I was not able to successfully run APXS. Possible reasons: 1. Perl is not installed; 2. Apache was not compiled with DSO support (--enable-module=so); 3. 'apxs' is not in your path. Try to use --with-apxs=/path/to/apxs The output of /usr/sbin/apxs follows ./configure: line 3215: /usr/sbin/apxs: No such file or directory configure: error: Aborting !!! ERROR: dev-php/mod_php-4.3.1-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 219, Exitcode 1 !!! bad ./configure mumzie root # emerge -p squirrelmail These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] dev-php/mod_php-4.3.1-r1 [ebuild N ] net-mail/squirrelmail-1.2.11 mumzie root # emerge -p libperl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.0 mumzie root # emerge -p apxs These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies emerge: there are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy "apxs". !!! Error calculating dependancies. Please correct. mumzie root # emerge -s apxs Searching... [ Results for search key : apxs ] [ Applications found : 0 ] mumzie root # emerge -S apxs Searching... [ Results for search key : apxs ] [ Applications found : 0 ] mumzie root # find / -iname apxs mumzie root # emerge -p apache These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] net-www/apache-2.0.44 mumzie root #
*** Bug 18538 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
fixed with 1.4.0-r1
