apache2 httpd 2.4.2

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 27, 2012, at 16:55, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote:

>>> Obviously, it's at patch no longer needed, but where is the source of
>>> this attempted download to be found ???
>> 
>> That means you removed the patchfile itself but didn't update the Portfile to no longer use it. MacPorts is trying to find it for you, by seeing if it can be downloaded since you deleted it.
> 
> OK - I had assumed that there would be a generic process for applying
> any file with a diff suffix

The portfile must list which patchfiles to use. The portfile might only want to apply a particular patchfile in certain instances instead of always.


> I can get 2.4.2 to compile if I remove all of the patches from the Portfile
> 
> Now, as to the specifics from the Portfile:
> 	# HFS can be case insensitive, so protect for this as in
> 	# http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300422
> 	patchfiles-append   patch-httpd.conf.in-sensitive-files.diff
> Is this patch still necessary ???

You tell us! If equivalent changes have not been made in the apache source already, then yes the patch is still necessary to properly protect sensitive files on case-insensitive filesystems like OS X's default HFS+.


> How about the libtool patch ???
> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47691
> this is a patch that's been made exclusively by macports

If equivalent changes have not been made in the apache source already (and I guess they haven't because the upstream bug report has not been touched) then yes the patch is still necessary.