John Dangler GenoFit 800-505-4078 (Corporate) 386-767-3730 (Direct) www.genofit.com jdangler@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Gaudio Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:55 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Configuring additional packages 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. Aaron~ Thanks for the reply. Do I then need to clean up the existing versions, or is there a utility of some kind for 'sync-ing' the two, or do I not need to worry about them? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
