On Nov 20, 2011 12:46 AM, "Peter Samuelson" <peter_at_p12n.org> wrote:
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> Currently if you load mod_authz_svn, you have to make sure mod_dav_svn
> is loaded before it, not after. I'm sure this is usually not a problem
> - but in Debian/Ubuntu, the Apache module machinery enables modules by
> use of tiny config files that each load one module. The filenames
> determine load order, so a config file named 'authz_svn.load' is read
> before one named 'dav_svn.load'.
>
> In the past we got around this by shipping a single 'dav_svn.load' that
> loads _both_ modules, but I never liked that solution, as most people
> don't need mod_authz_svn at all.
>
> Thus, appended is a patch to mod_authz_svn to pull in the two dav_svn
> functions in such a way as to work even if the modules are loaded in
> the "wrong" order.
>
> Question: do we care about breaking third-party Apache modules that use
> the two functions used by mod_authz_svn? (These third-party modules
> would need to do the same thing I'm patching mod_authz_svn to do.) If
> so, we can leave the original prototype in the public mod_dav_svn.h
> instead of moving it, as I've done below.
Yes, we care. I would bet that CollabNet uses them for its custom authz.
Cheers,
-g
Received on 2011-11-20 21:43:45 CET