Apple did it again!

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

Never mind on this -  I just read the follow-ups.  I still think this  
is a really dangerous thing to do, but since the original poster  
realizes this also, I'll not belabor the point.

- Jordan

On May 29, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand what point you're trying to make.   If you
> put anything in /usr outside of /usr/local, since the very first
> release of MacOSX the rule has always been "you're living on borrowed
> time and at your own risk" since Apple, like every other OS vendor on
> the planet, reserves the right to update any files it shipped.  That
> is why MacPorts installs into /opt instead of /usr.
>
> - Jordan
>
> On May 29, 2008, at 4:53 PM, John Korchok wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Once again, the latest security patch 2008-003 for Tiger broke our
>> Apache 2
>> installation by replacing apachectl. Earlier posts on this topic are
>> repeated below for any new listers:
>>
>>>>> Subject: Tiger software update replaces apachectl
>>>>>
>>>>> I found out (the hard way) that the latest Apple Security
>>>>> Update 2008-002 for Tiger replaces the apachectl file in
>>>>> /usr/sbin. If, like me, you had copied the apachectl file
>>>>> from /opt/local/apache2/bin to /usr/sbin (this enables you to
>>>>> turn Apache on and off using the System
>>>>> Prefs/Sharing/Personal Web Sharing), you will find that the
>>>>> next time you restart Apache, things go haywire, like none of
>>>>> your PHP works any more.
>>>>> It's because your system has reverted to the Apache 1.3 that
>>>>> comes with Tiger.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Korchok
>>
>>>> Are there other steps to making Personal Web Sharing run Apache2?
>>>> If
>>>> so, could you please detail them for those of us who just can't
>>>> remember
>>>> anything?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In A Chord,
>>>>
>>>> Tom Condon
>>
>>> If you are comfortable with the command line, all you need to do is
>>> to
>> link
>>> to the installation of apache that you want to control from the
>>> preferance
>> panes.
>>>
>>> 1. $cd /usr/sbin
>>> 2. $mv apachectl apachectl1-3
>>> 3. $ln -s /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl apachectl
>>>
>>> when you list the directory it should give you something like this:
>>> ...
>>> apachectl -> /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl
>>> ...
>>> and you should now be able to control macports apache2 from you
>>> preference
>> pane.
>>> Matt Hipley
>>
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