Re: I have to ask a stupid question...

Walter wrote:
> I'd like to know what it buys "me" (me being any person using Apache
> on Windows)that Apache for windows places data in the registry, and I
> can only assume it places files in the system directory as well (I
> hope I'm wrong).
>
> Now, I'm not asking to cause trouble, I just would like to know the
> functions it provides.
>
> The reason I ask, is I just spent 2 weeks figuring out a procedure to
> install (by hand) Perl, PHP, php-PEAR and php-Smarty without use of
> the registry or the system dircetory. (I know, someone already did
> this, right? This excercise helps me understand an apps operations)
>
> My goal of all this has been to setup my desktop at home to reflect my
> Un*x machine at work as close as possible. My .ini and .cong files at
> home now match the ones at work, so if I make any "improvements" at
> home, I can just copy the files over to the system at work with no
> changes. (OK, a little change, after DLLs are not in use at work)

I don't think you HAVE to have anything in the registry for Apache to
work. There are really just two sets of keys, I think:

- The Apache service is defined by registry keys. If you want Apache to
run as a service, there's no way around this; that's how services are
implemented. If you're okay running Apache from the command line,
though, then you don't need this key.

- Apache stores a default set of parameters in the registry. This is
mostly for the service to start up with a useful configuration. If you
want to run Apache with command line arguments directly, this also is
not needed.

So, you should be able to run Apache just fine with no registry tweaks.
--
Jim Patterson
Ottawa, Ont
CANADA

Maybe I should add that I use ME, in my registry, the only Apache releated
keys were Tomcat 4.1's installpath and the Apache installers
uninstallinfo...
"Jim Patterson" <jim-patterson@ncf.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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> Walter wrote:
> > I'd like to know what it buys "me" (me being any person using Apache
> > on Windows)that Apache for windows places data in the registry, and I
> > can only assume it places files in the system directory as well (I
> > hope I'm wrong).
> >
> > Now, I'm not asking to cause trouble, I just would like to know the
> > functions it provides.
> >
> > The reason I ask, is I just spent 2 weeks figuring out a procedure to
> > install (by hand) Perl, PHP, php-PEAR and php-Smarty without use of
> > the registry or the system dircetory. (I know, someone already did
> > this, right? This excercise helps me understand an apps operations)
> >
> > My goal of all this has been to setup my desktop at home to reflect my
> > Un*x machine at work as close as possible. My .ini and .cong files at
> > home now match the ones at work, so if I make any "improvements" at
> > home, I can just copy the files over to the system at work with no
> > changes. (OK, a little change, after DLLs are not in use at work)
>
> I don't think you HAVE to have anything in the registry for Apache to
> work. There are really just two sets of keys, I think:
>
> - The Apache service is defined by registry keys. If you want Apache to
> run as a service, there's no way around this; that's how services are
> implemented. If you're okay running Apache from the command line,
> though, then you don't need this key.
>
> - Apache stores a default set of parameters in the registry. This is
> mostly for the service to start up with a useful configuration. If you
> want to run Apache with command line arguments directly, this also is
> not needed.
>
> So, you should be able to run Apache just fine with no registry tweaks.
> --
> Jim Patterson
> Ottawa, Ont
> CANADA
>