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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!vic.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.52!news.new-york.net!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Apache and FreeBSD versions X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 32 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E2MKzC.Ks7@nonexistent.com> References: <E2FwC0.4yy@nonexistent.com> X-Trace: 850939319/24024 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:02:00 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32768 Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote: : 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. This is now the one in the Ports Collection as of 12/17. : 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.