+#changable now (some things which should go to the others still go to CONF)
+FREESIDE_CONF = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_LOG = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_LOCK = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_CACHE = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_EXPORT = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+
+MASON_HANDLER = ${FREESIDE_CONF}/handler.pl
+MASONDATA = ${FREESIDE_CACHE}/masondata
+
+#where to put the default configuraiton used by freeside-setup to initialize
+#a new database (not used after that). primarily of interest to distro
+#package maintainers
+DIST_CONF = ${FREESIDE_CONF}/default_conf
+
+#mod_perl v2 1.999_22 on Apache 2.0 through 2.3 (Debian ancient through 7.x)
+#APACHE_VERSION=2
+#Apache 2.4 (Debian 8.x)
+#APACHE_VERSION=2.4
+APACHE_VERSION := $(shell /usr/sbin/apache2 -v | grep -q '\/2\.4\.' && echo '2.4' || echo '2')
+
+#deb (-7 and upgrades)
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /var/www/freeside
+#deb (new installs of 8+) (plus needs more work w/new auth)
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /var/www/html/freeside
+FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT := $(shell [ ${APACHE_VERSION} = '2.4' ] && echo '/var/www/html/freeside' || echo '/var/www/freeside')
+
+#redhat, fedora, mandrake
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /var/www/html/freeside
+#freebsd
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /usr/local/www/data/freeside
+#openbsd
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /var/www/htdocs/freeside
+#suse
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /srv/www/htdocs/freeside
+#apache
+#FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT = /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
+
+POD2HTML_DIR = ${FREESIDE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}/docs/library
+
+#deb, redhat, fedora, mandrake, suse, others?
+INIT_FILE = /etc/init.d/freeside
+#freebsd
+#INIT_FILE = /usr/local/etc/rc.d/011.freeside.sh
+
+#deb
+INIT_INSTALL = PATH=${PATH}:/sbin /usr/sbin/update-rc.d freeside defaults 23 01
+#redhat, fedora
+#INIT_INSTALL = /sbin/chkconfig freeside on
+#not necessary (freebsd)
+#INIT_INSTALL = /usr/bin/true
+
+#deb, suse
+#HTTPD_RESTART = /etc/init.d/apache restart
+#deb w/apache2
+HTTPD_RESTART = /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+#redhat, fedora, mandrake
+#HTTPD_RESTART = /etc/init.d/httpd restart
+#freebsd
+#HTTPD_RESTART = /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh stop || true; sleep 10; /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start
+#openbsd
+#HTTPD_RESTART = kill -TERM `cat /var/www/logs/httpd.pid`; sleep 10; /usr/sbin/httpd -u -DSSL
+#apache
+#HTTPD_RESTART = /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop; sleep 10; /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl
+
+#(an include directory, not a file, "Include /etc/apache/conf.d" in httpd.conf)
+#deb (3.1+), apache2
+#APACHE_CONF = /etc/apache2/conf.d
+#debian unstable/8.0+, apache2.4
+#APACHE_CONF = /etc/apache2/conf-available
+APACHE_CONF := $(shell [ ${APACHE_VERSION} = '2.4' ] && echo '/etc/apache2/conf-available' || echo '/etc/apache2/conf.d')
+
+INSSERV_OVERRIDE = /etc/insserv/overrides
+
+FREESIDE_RESTART = ${INIT_FILE} restart
+
+#deb, redhat, fedora, mandrake, suse, others?
+INSTALLGROUP = root
+#freebsd, openbsd
+#INSTALLGROUP = wheel