[packman] mythweb packaging error?

[packman at howorth.org.uk]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:06:56 -0600
Jason Craig <os-dev at jacraig.com> wrote:

>On 07/23/2018 03:46 AM, packman at howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:48:52 +0200
>> Dave Plater <davejplater at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   
>>> I've just looked at the package and it now shows php7 requirements,
>>> must have rebuilt.
>>> Regards
>>> Dave  
>> 
>> How very confusing. So after I forced a refresh of the repository I
>> could see it and installed it with no errors or hints to look at a
>> readme or whatever that I could see. Then I restarted apache but now
>> apache won't start. It says:
>> 
>> Jul 23 10:31:54 acer-suse start_apache2[27762]: AH00526: Syntax error
>> on line 111 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/mythweb.conf: Jul 23 10:31:54
>> acer-suse start_apache2[27762]: Invalid command 'php_value', perhaps
>> misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server
>> configuration
>> 
>> Looking at the /etc/apache2/conf.d/mythweb.conf installed by the
>> package, I can see the php_value commands, but this is a file
>> installed by packman designed to work with opensuse leap 15.0 so why
>> would it use a command that appears not to be supported by that
>> release? Or am I supposed to do something else to apache?
>> 
>> I'm also confused why there is a reference to
>>   <Directory "/var/www/html/data">
>> in the file. Why hasn't that been changed to
>> a /srv/ww/htdocs/<whatever>? Is that a mistake or is it deliberate?  
>
>Yes, this directory should have been changed to 
>"/srv/www/htdocs/mythweb/data" but was missed. I just submitted the
>fix for that.

Thanks, I edited the file.

>> The INSTALL file also says I need mod_rewrite but that doesn't seem
>> to be installed by openSUSE as standard. So am I supposed to edit the
>> loadmodule.conf file? Are there instructions describing how to get
>> this package working on Leap 15 somewhere, or is it a guessing
>> game?  
>
>Yes, mod_rewrite and mod_php7 (or mod_php5, whichever you have) are
>not enabled by default and so they have to be enabled.

It turns out mod_rewrite was enabled, because I'd been using it
previously but I was confused by /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf whereas
the actual file is /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf so I used
the sysconfig editor to add php7. I don't really understand why that
wasn't added when I installed php7.

At least apache restarts now; thanks very much. Mythweb just gives a
completely blank page, but the web page you mentioned says it needs the
backend, which isn't running. I might have expected to see a tile and
an error message or suchlike, though?

Anyway, got to go and cook, so I'll look later.

Thanks again, Dave

>OpenSUSE has a 
>sysconfig file for enabling Apache modules. You can either edit the 
>"APACHE_MODULES" entry in "/etc/sysconfig/apache2" or, as I would 
>recommend, use YaST2's /etc/sysconfig editor and edit the same entry 
>under "Network" -> "WWW" -> "Apache2". In either case you want to add 
>"rewrite" and "php7" to the list of modules. If you want to configure 
>some sort of authentication in mythweb, you may also need any of 
>authn_core, auth_basic, auth_digest depending on how you choose to set 
>that up.
>
>If you use YaST it should update files and restart Apache for you 
>whereas if you edit the file manually you will have to run some script 
>and then restart Apache yourself. That's why I recommend YaST. Once 
>you've done that, that should fix your problem with "php_value" as
>well as enabling mod_rewrite. If you haven't already, you will have to
>set the db_server, db_name, db_login and db_password values in
>mythweb.conf so that it can connect to your MythTV database.
>
>See https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Build_from_Source#Install_MythWeb if
>you need further details, but note that most of the commands it asks
>you to run are either done by the package install or by what I just
>told you here.
>
>--
>Jason Craig
>
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