On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 17:45 -0400, John Dangler wrote: > I have had to download sources for httpd, php, etc for my existing FC2 > installation (originally installed from .iso). I noticed that the > executable for httpd is currently installed in /usr/sbin, and the modules > are currently installed in /usr/lib/httpd. Is it safe to configure httpd to > be installed in the same paths as the original, or is it more advisable to > begin using /usr/local for these (and other added packages) and clean up the > existing entries afterward? I would recommend using /usr/local for packages not installed from rpm (unless other constraints such as network storage are at play), or using the sources to build new rpms for installation. Otherwise, overwriting the files provided by an rpm installation will confuse rpm and cause its database to no longer reflect reality.
