[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/apache-utils: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Giulio,

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:17:26 +0200
Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at benettiengineering.com> wrote:

> From: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti+tekvox at benettiengineering.com>
> 
> Build htdigest and htpasswd utilities only without building entire Apache
> package.
> 
> Cc: Jim Reinhart <jimr at tekvox.com>
> Cc: James Autry <jautry at tekvox.com>
> Cc: Matthew Maron <matthewm at tekvox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti+tekvox at benettiengineering.com>

Thanks for the proposal. I'm always a bit "meh" when it comes to adding
a new package that uses the same source code as another package. It
causes extra maintenance work (you need to update both packages, apply
patches to both, keep tracking of CVEs for both, etc.).

What is the use case for needing this without the Apache server? Can we
change the Apache package to instead allow installing only those tools?

Best regards,

Thomas
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