It doesn't make much sense to do a *dev* install from stable.  Do your dev install from a git clone. 

Just follow the instructions in INSTALL.debian.  When it asks you for a separate place to put config files (default ~/koha-dev/) that's where your real config ends up, like: ~/koha-dev/etc/koha-httpd.conf

Don't tell it to put it on top of the template file (or inside your kohaclone dir), that would be weird.  You still have to do perl Makefile.PL; make; make install; # of course.

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Joe Atzberger
LibLime - Open Source Library Solutions

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Library Guy <library.guy.zero@gmail.com> wrote:
perl Makefile.PL creates a complete Makefile when run from the stable tar,
but if instead I choose a dev install from kohaclone after git pull,
the Makefile is
incomplete.  Hence my dev version of koha-httpd.conf contains only
variable names:

## OPAC
<VirtualHost __WEBSERVER_IP__:__WEBSERVER_PORT__>
  ServerAdmin  __WEBMASTER_EMAIL__
  DocumentRoot __OPAC_WWW_DIR__
  ServerName __WEBSERVER_HOST__
#  ServerAlias opac.mydomain.com
  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "__OPAC_CGI_DIR__/opac/"
  ScriptAlias /index.html "__OPAC_CGI_DIR__/opac/opac-main.pl"
  ScriptAlias /opac-search.pl "__OPAC_CGI_DIR__/opac/search"
  ScriptAlias /search "__OPAC_CGI_DIR__/opac/search"
  ErrorLog __LOG_DIR__/koha-opac-error_log
#  TransferLog __LOG_DIR__/koha-opac-access_log
  SetEnv KOHA_CONF "__KOHA_CONF_DIR__/koha-conf.xml"
  SetEnv PERL5LIB "__PERL_MODULE_DIR__"

What am I missing?