[htdig-dev] Feedback on configuring ht://Dig?

[Lachlan A. <lh...@us...>]

Greetings Jon,

Thanks for your offer to advise us on how to simplify configuring=20
ht://Dig, and you are right that it doesn't belong in the bug report. =20
You can reply to me (lh...@us...) or to =20
htd...@li...

Regarding the value of  common_dir,  thank you for contacting the=20
RedHat packagers.  The point I was trying to make was not that the=20
RPM should have located old .conf files, but that when the packagers=20
compiled their package, they can set it to whatever they consider=20
fits best with the other packages for their distribution.  (That is=20
why there are RedHat RPMs which are distinct from, say, Mandrake=20
RPMs.) The actual  ht://Dig  default configuration points  common_dir =20
to /opt/www/share/htdig,  so the decision to make it /usr/share/htdig=20
must have been made by the packagers.

Cheers,
Lachlan

> Date: 2003-05-17 21:16
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> Concerning the second part of your question, what to do to make
> construction of htdig.conf easier, I'd rather discuss that
> by email.
> It doesn't belong in this bug report.
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Date: 2003-05-17 21:13
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It wouldn't be a problem with the RPM if htdig kept common_dir in=20
/usr/share/htdig.  The fact that it changed is what caused the=20
problem, no?  I guess it is too late now.  I suppose it is my job to=20
alert RedHat to this problem.  I will try to figure out how to do=20
that.  Should an RPM be expected to find all the various htdig.conf=20
files and fix them?  I don't think so.  (I have several, with=20
different names.)



Date: 2003-05-17 16:40
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Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, it does sound like a bug in the RPM.  The default value
of  common_dir  is set at compile time, and it would be
reasonable to expect the RPM maintainer to put the default
header and footer files in the default common directory.

Can you suggest what the ht://Dig team should do?

Regarding the time taken to create your  htdig.conf  file, I
realise that this is a problem.  Can you suggest what would
have speeded up the process?

Thanks again,
Lachlan

--- Original Message ---
I upgraded to RedHat Linux 9, which has htdig-3.2.0-16.20021103. I do=20
not know what version of htdig I had before, but I was using RH 7.3=20
(but I don't think the version I was using came with that).

The header and footer of the search results did not display. I was=20
able to fix the problem by adding the line
  common_dir: /usr/share/htdig
to /etc/htdig.conf (Don't ask how I arrived at this solution. I have=20
no idea.)

This may be a problem with the RPM. But, on the other hand, it did a=20
reasonable thing, which was to leave my htdig.conf file alone (which=20
took me hours and hours to make). That file did not contain any=20
definition of common_dir.=20