Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

[Tod]

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.

I tried the -no-undefined LDFLAGS option and the build failed on an 
all-recursive libaprutil-0.la error.

What I'm wondering is if anyone got this to work correctly and if so 
could provide some pointers to get it to work.  Incidentally mod_php, 
and mySQL is next so advice there would be appreciated  too.  In fact if 
there is an up to date CAMP howto document somewhere that would be helpful.


Thanks - Tod
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uname -rvo - 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 Cygwin
apache v2.0.54
gcc 3.4.4
libtool 1.5.20


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Re: Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

[Max Bowsher]

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.
>
> I tried the -no-undefined LDFLAGS option and the build failed on an
> all-recursive libaprutil-0.la error.
>
> What I'm wondering is if anyone got this to work correctly and if so
> could provide some pointers to get it to work.

Have you not noticed that apache2 (with .so support) is available as an 
official Cygwin package through setup.exe ??

> 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.

Max.


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Re: Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

[Max Bowsher]

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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Re: Compiling Apache2 under Cygwin with .so support

[Tod]

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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