OK... So...

If I add :

    CONFIGURE_ARGS+=    --enable-cgi # include CGI support

to the Makefile, and make , then make update, the cgi scripts get copued 
to /etc/apcupsd ... at which point, I have to manually copy them to 
/usr/pkg/libexec/cgi-bin/ which is where, by default, Apache has its CGI 
directory.

Once that is done, it's not enough... multimon.cgi is hard coded to talk 
to localhost:3551... but the rest of the configuration for apcupsd uses 
port 7000... which means that multimon.cgi build isn't made to look for 
the right parameters.

Using :

    bounce -p 3551 localhost 7000

works fine.

Of course, a better way is to have SERVERPORT 3551 in 
/usr/pkg/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf and that works fine as well...

But I would prefer multimon.cgi to be built to use SERVERPORT as well, 
rather than have 3551 hardcoded.

So... all in all, it works... with --enable-cgi and a bit of manual 
configuration.

Manuel... care to make that formal? :)

Gilles.

Thomas Bieg wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>> Thomas Bieg wrote:
>>> You should be able to recompile your package with http support if you
>>> uncomment the relating lines in your sysutils/apcupsd/Makefile:
>>>
>>> #CONFIGURE_ARGS+=    --enable-http        # include http support
>>> #CONFIGURE_ARGS+=    --enable-threads    # compile threading code
>> I did a build with that. But it didn't put the CGI files anywhere I 
>> could notice. :(
>
> Another closer look reveals that those options are no longer valid;
> you need to use --enable-cgi instead now...
>
> [This and the other problem with the default config file
> (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2007/04/28/0001.html)
> are worth a PR already, but as said before I don't even have the
> package installed. Maybe we can draw Manuel Bouyer's attention,
> he's the package maintainer...]
>
>
>> I assume the CGI actually call apcaccess with proper parameters... so 
>> I think it should work.
>
> No, they connect to the integrated "network information server"
> (option NETSERVER) you already enabled.
>
>
>> Could you tar the CGI directories you use?
>
> It would probably be better if you try another recompile first,
> so we know if it works when done "right" (and let others with
> the same problem profit from that).
>
> Tom

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