[Modules] packaging for Fedora Core 11

[Erick Calder]

I apologise for my lack of manners - I should have started my e-mail  
by thanking the team for this truly awesome project.

On Sep 12, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Edward Rudd wrote:

> I'll answer what I can.. Nikos will have to answer the rest.
>
> On 09/11/2009 11:52 PM, Erick Calder wrote:
>>
>> I'm attempting to package this module as an RPM for the Fedora  
>> distribution.  I've come across some problems I need help with:
>>
>> 1. relocation of the install seems ignored... if I run:
>>
>> make DESTDIR=/tmp install
>>
>> the makefile still attempts to install to /usr.  this is  
>> problematic for building RPMs but I don't know enough about  
>> automake to patch the needed files.
> Basically the system uses the standard automake/libtool "automagic"  
> to build the SO (pulling in the httpd configs to keep it with the  
> systems build setup).  But when it installs it uses apxs directly to  
> install the SO in the httpd lib directory.
>
> So to build your RPM spec file (which you should be able to look at  
> other spec files in Fedora for how this is done with apache httpd  
> modules).  You can use make to build it, but to install you need to  
> just use good old "cp" or "install" to get it in the right place in  
> your build root.   Oh, also please feel free to contribute the spec  
> file and I'll put it in the distribution.

that's what I ended up doing %{install}... here's the link to the  
Fedora Review Request (you'll find a link there to the spec file):

	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522935

> [snip]
>>
>> 4. I've set up a session cache via the command below:
>>
>> GnuTLSCache dbm "/var/cache/mod_gnutls"
>>
>> however the directory remains empty after I restart the server and  
>> instead I see two files: mod_gnutls.dir and mod_gnutls.pag in /var/ 
>> cache... this seems wrong?
>
> This makes sense..  you are specifying the path to the "database  
> file" not the directory to put the database.  so you should put
>
> GnuTLSCache dbm "/var/cache/mod_gnutls/tlscache"

oh I see.  ok, I guess in that case the path is fine.  /var/cache is  
where the files should (probably) be put anyway

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