Polarian <polarian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to make a suggestion for the apache package, I was not too > sure which mailing list to put this in, so I picked the general mailing > list for the avoidance of doubt :P > > So the apache package: > > https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/apache/ > > Currently contains tools which are used by nginx users, and the issue is > that is that you can only run one webserver as once, they both are going > to try to bind to port 80 and 443 so you got to choose. > > htpaswd utility is used by nginx users too, and the issue is they have > to install the entire apache web server in order to be able to use the > single utility. > Just noting there seem to be many open source htpasswd replacements. Such as https://bash.cyberciti.biz/web-server/htpasswd-replacement-perl-script/ or https://github.com/backbone/htpasswd -- u34 > I suggest splitting the package into apache-utils and apache, or, if the > maintainer(s) are willing to maintain it, split the utilities into their > own separate pacakge and use apache-utils as a group of all the > subpackages (htpasswd, htdigest etc). > > I feel this would be a good change so that nginx users do not need to > install the entire apache web server just to use the apache utilities > which nginx suggests to use within their documentation (see > https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/) > > As you can see in the guide, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS and Oracle > Linux already have seen this issue within their own repositories and > split the packages up, why can't arch linux? > > Thanks for reading this suggestion, > -- > Polarian > GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 > Website: https://polarian.dev > JID/XMPP: polarian@xxxxxxxxxxxx
