Re: Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

[Tod <tod@madtoon.net>]

Max Bowsher wrote:

> Please keep replies on the mailing list.
> I'm taking this conversation back on-list.
>

Sorry,  I normally do.

> 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.
>

Ok, I'll look again.


>> 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.
>

Will the source from one of the mirrors have the necessary components to 
accomplish that?  If not, is there a step by step set of instructions 
published anywhere?

>>>> 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.
>

Great, what else needs to be done?

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