What 'configure' options used to build RPM image of Apache, ie, --prefix=/etc/httpd --bindir etc.

"David (Dave) Donnan" <david.donnan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:46:49 +0200

Hello. I'm a new-bee and I apologize, in advance, for my ignorance.

Also, I hope I've done sufficient research and, therefore, am asking 

questions the smart way!

Alternate Subject: In order to install a patch,  how can I overlay a 

squid 'configure/make/make install' onto an existing RPM installation ?

And, is this method possible/advised ?

RPM Version: httpd-2.2.11-2.fc10.i386
Fedora 10

I need to install the following patch:

  https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45107

  Bug 45107 -  Client certificate attribute UID not usable in

  env var SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_UID since wrong NID/OID assigned  

I deduced the patch is not available in the latest package 2.2.12:

  No mention of BUG here: 

http://mirrors.linhub.com/apache/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.12

  Apache 2.2.12 Released  2009-07-23  

So I thought the following would be a good strategy

1. Download httpd-2.2.11-2 sourcecode
2. patch -p0 patch-apache-2.2.8-mod_ssl-uid-2.txt
3. configure/make/make install Apache to overlay existing RPM installation

When I performed the above, using 'configure' (without command line 

options),

Apache installed  in /usr/local/apache2 (as documented).

However this doesn't resemble my RPM installation, notably, no 'conf.d' 

subdirectory,

no symbolic links such as 'run -> ../../var/run', etc, with which I'm 

(read: we are) now familiar/comfortable.

Q1. What 'configure' options (--prefix, --bindir etc.) would allow me to 

'overlay' my patch onto the existing

RPM installation ? I don't want to break any RPM apache functionality 

(ssl, cgi etc.).

Q2. Is this 'overlay' a good idea, in practice ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Dave

PS: I found the following examples but I need to be certain:

http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28112
and many others

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