From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Tod" <tod@madtoon.net>, "Cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:19:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <072801c5c46c$5a2dcbf0$5304a8c0@chimaera> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <433AD19A.4000208@madtoon.net>
Please keep replies on the mailing list.
I'm taking this conversation back on-list.
Tod wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Tod wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to compile Apache 2.0.54 under Cygwin. I do this because I
>>> like to keep the same configuration and file system organization to make
>>> my build as portable as possbile under the different Unices I work with.
>>>
>>> I like to compile apache with DSO support and all modules as shared
>>> objects. The compile seems to work fine but when I do the install all
>>> the modules are named with either an .a or .la extension - I'm expecting
>>> .so. From various threads I've read there seems to be an issue with
>>> libtool that contributes to this.
...
>> Have you not noticed that apache2 (with .so support) is available as
>> an official Cygwin package through setup.exe ??
...
> Yes I did. I tried to pick up the source to see how the build was done
> but the source option was not available.
The source is definitely on the mirrors.
> I always build Apache by hand. See my initial portability comment above.
Wouldn't a few symlinks accomplish the same purpose with much less fuss?
> If push comes to shove I may have to use the official Cygwin port but
> I'd like to be able to just do a ./configure and make like I do on the
> other platforms :)
Patches are necessary to get things building dynamically on Cygwin, so any
existing build recipe alone won't be enough.
>>> Incidentally mod_php,
>>> and mySQL is next so advice there would be appreciated too.
>>
>> I've got php5 to compile, but I've got a fair bit of work to do on it
>> before I can release an official package.
>
> When you say you got php to compile did you mean as an Apache module?
Yes.
Max.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-28 14:51 Tod
2005-09-28 18:14 ` Max Bowsher
[not found] ` <433AD19A.4000208@madtoon.net>
2005-09-28 22:19 ` Max Bowsher [this message]
2005-10-05 16:58 ` Tod
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