FreeBSD

ports/32692: Update www/mod_backhand to 1.2.1

From:Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
Date:11 Dec 2001 09:29:05 -0000
Subject:Update www/mod_backhand to 1.2.1
Send-pr version:3.113

Number:32692
Category:ports
Synopsis:Update www/mod_backhand to 1.2.1
Severity:non-critical
Priority:low
Responsible:freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
State:closed
Class:update
Arrival-Date:Tue Dec 11 01:30:00 PST 2001
Closed-Date:Tue Dec 11 01:41:11 PST 2001
Last-Modified:Tue Dec 11 01:41:24 PST 2001
Originator:Sean Chittenden
Release:FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386

Organization:
 
Environment:
System: FreeBSD mat.tgd.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Tue Nov 20 01:19:38 PST 2001 root@mat.tgd.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAT i386
Description:
mod_backhand needs to be updated latest release. pkg-comment && description
have been updated too.
 
How-To-Repeat:
 
Fix:
cd www/mod_backhand && patch -p0 < patch
Download patch-1.diff
--- Makefile.orig        Mon Dec 10 23:33:22 2001
+++ Makefile     Mon Dec 10 22:21:54 2001
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 PORTNAME=       mod_backhand
-PORTVERSION=    1.2.0
+PORTVERSION=    1.2.1
 CATEGORIES=     www
 MASTER_SITES=   ftp://ftp.cnds.jhu.edu/pub/backhand/
--- pkg-comment.orig     Mon Dec 10 23:34:39 2001
+++ pkg-comment  Mon Dec 10 23:35:52 2001
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Apache module that allows seamless redirection of HTTP requests
+Apache module that allows seamless redirection and load balancing of HTTP requests
--- pkg-descr.orig       Tue Dec 11 00:34:33 2001
+++ pkg-descr    Tue Dec 11 00:52:25 2001
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-mod_backhand is project that allows seamless redirection
-of HTTP requests from one web server to another. This
-redirection can be used to target machines with under-utilized
-resources, thus providing fine-grained, per-request load balancing
-of web requests.
+mod_backhand is a project that allows load balancing through seemless
+HTTP proxying from one web server to another.  This proxying is used
+to evenly distribute the load of a site across multiple machines to
+that way under-utilized resources are utilized to their fullest, thus
+providing fine-grained, per-request HTTP load balancing for a cluster.
 WWW: http://www.backhand.org/mod_backhand/


Release-Note:
 
Audit-Trail:
State Changed
From-To:open->closed
By:ijliao
When:Tue Dec 11 01:41:11 PST 2001
Why:committed, thanks

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