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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Apache and FreeBSD versions X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 29 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E2FwC0.4yy@nonexistent.com> X-Trace: 850627439/4689 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 05:24:00 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32629 Recent discussions of Apache and FreeBSD vs. Netscape etc. made me look in /usr/ports/distfiles to see what version of Apache I had,I installed it when I just got my FreeBSD 2.1 running and haven't looked since. I have 1.0.0. Some time ago I copied a new Ports Collection onto my HD,which specifies version 1.0.5,but I don't know if trying to install this would work,as the file's likely not there any more...just like the link on the FreeBSD Release Information Page(which still says the 2.1.6 release "will probably occur in the next 2-3 months") announcement for 2.0 Alpha gives a supposed link from which one could FTP FreeBSD 2.0A which of course doesn't work! The current Ports Collection entry is apparently for 1.1.1. The version they are now hawking at www.apache.org is 1.2b2. I'm wondering what I may gain by upgrading Apache,AND if doing it before or after an upgrade of FreeBSD 2.1 to 2.1.6 would make a difference...or what difference in performance might be attributable to each change if I did both. I understand the previous discussion said 2.2,but not 2.1.6, had been tweaked to run WWW faster,but in an ISP operation environment stability's the key...I suppose that,with reference to the mentioned caching program,Squid 1.0.22 would be a better bet than 1.1.0.