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Re: Proxy support in apache



On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Amos Shapira wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.970810140148.573A-100000@off> you write:
> |no proxy compiled, it's a snap to recompile. like with ssh and squid I
> |install the RPM, but recompile the actual binary after modifying it to
> 
> Why don't you build your own RPM package?  Or isn't it possible under
> RH?

A. ofcourse it is, I just didn't have the time to learn it yet, and
haven't found the need yet. 
> 
> |what I need. that way I know I have a trusted binary from the original
> |sources, but also a nice entry in the RPM db, that I can trust to check
> |for future upgrades or dependency/conflict situatons. a busy daemon like
> |apache is WORTH recompiling from original sources if you want to trust it
> |100%...
> 
> Ehh?  Why so?  In the kernel's case that's very reasonable, since you
> have lots of tuning possibilities, but how does Apache benefit from
> that?

you can TRUST a binary you compiled yourself from original sources better.
also Apache has many more options at compile time other than the proxy
support...

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