Dave, First off, there is no need to Cc: the apache maintainer, as I know for sure that he reads this list (unless this is specifically requested in the README, in which case I apologize).
More replies inline below. On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This all started when I had trouble installing Apache/PHP (see earlier posts > Re: Apache/PHP installation puzzle). As this problem is a bit more general I > thought I would start a new thread. > In a nutshell, the PHP part of the installation fails without any obvious > errors. In order to find out what's going on I decided to remove every vestige > of Cygwin from the W2K box and re-install the minimum required to ivestigate > this problem. > > This is the story ..... > > 1. Install Cygwin with nano, apache, and mod-php4. NOTE. Install > Cygwin 1.5.3-1 because there are issues with 1.5.4-1 that prevent > processes being stopped properly. > 2. Start the apache server .... > > $ /usr/sbin/apachectl start > [Tue Sep 16 14:54:56 2003] [alert] httpd: Could not determine the server's fully > qualified domain name, using 192.168.40.12 for ServerName > /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd started > > 3. Using the Windoze browser, visit http://localhost/. See the expected > default Apache installation page - so far, so good. > 4. Using the favourite nano editor, create the xyzzy.php script and put > it in /var/www/htdocs. The script contains the simple PHP function call > <?phpinfo()?> and nothing else. > 5. Visit http://localhost/xyzzy.php and the script is simply presented > on the page - a clear indication that the PHP is not being translated. > 6. Check out /etc/apache/httpd.conf and there is no mention of php in here. > What's needed are lines of the form: > > LoadModule php4_module lib/apache/libphp4.dll > AddModule mod_php4.c > > Add these and try again .... > $ /usr/sbin/apachectrl start > Syntax error on line 236 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf: > Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.dll into server: dlopen: Win32 error 126 > /usr/sbin/apachectrl start: httpd could not be started > > 7. As error 126 is basically 'file not found', we'll check for the > existance of the libphp4.dll. Note that some other required DLL may be missing as well. > First: > $ updatedb > Then: > $ locate libphp4 > > .... no trace of the DLL to be found!!! > > 8. Now this is interesting! > > $ cd /usr > $ ls > doc etc include info local man sbin share src ssl tmp var > > Note the lack of a lib directory. However... > > $ cd lib > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/lib > $ > > ...?Que!!? How can one cd to a directory that doesn't exist. Not only > that, but "man mount". If it makes you feel better, you can "cd /usr && cmd /c 'md lib' && cmd /c 'md bin'" to see the directories in the listing (and get Tab-completion). > $ ls > apache libc.a libhistory.a libxm12.a > > ... > ... > > libbz2.dll.a libgmon.a > > And so /usr/lib exists but is partially invisible. Interestingly, > Windows can't see this directory either. Hence one possible explanation > of why the dll won't load. If Cygwin's mechanisms are used to load the DLL, the directory will be seen (it's a mount). > 9. Progressing further .... > > $ cd /usr/lib/apache > $ ls > libproxy.dll mod_autoindex.dll mod_imap.dll mod_setenvif.dll > > ... > ... > > mod_auth_dbm.dll mod_headers.dll mod_rewrite.dll new > > $ ls new > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/lib > $ > > No trace of the missing dll - a possible second reason why the Windows load > failed. > > 10. Seems that something must be going wrong in the post install script > too! What we'll do is manually install the package and see what's going > on. Copy the .tar.bz2 file to / and then: > > $ bunzip2 apache-php-4.3.0-2.tar.bz2 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > $ tar -xvf apache-php-4.2.0-2.tar > etc/ > etc/postinstall/ > etc/postinstall/apache-php.sh > usr/ > usr/doc/ > usr/doc/Cygwin/ > usr/doc/Cygwin/php-4.2.0-2.README > usr/doc/php-4.2.0-2/ > usr/doc/php-4.2.0-2/CREDITS > usr/doc/php-4.2.0-2/INSTALL > usr/doc/php-4.2.0-2/LICENSE > usr/doc/php-4.2.0-2/NEWS > usr/lib/ > usr/lib/apache/ > usr/lib/apache/new/ > usr/lib/apache/new/libphp4.dll > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > $ > > This unpacks everything and doesn't run the post install script. Now > we'll run the post install script and see what's going on: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/postinstall > $ cd /etc/postinstall/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/postinstall > $ ./apache-php.sh > usage: rebase -b BaseAddress [-Vdv] [-o Offset] [-T FileList | -] Files... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/postinstall > $ > > So, it seems that either rebase is being called incorrectly or the argument > list is invalid. Do you have the "rebase" package installed? > 11. The check the argument list, add the following line > to /etc/postinstall/apache-php.sh and re-execute it. > > Add... > > echo ${rebase_dlls} immediately following the line starting "rebase_dlls="$" > > Re-running gives: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/postinstall > $ ./apache-php.sh > /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.dll /usr/bin/cygbz21.0.dll /usr/bin/cygcrypto.dll /usr/b > in/cygintl-1.dll /usr/bin/pq.dll /usr/bin/cygxml2-2.dll /usr/bin/cygz.dll /usr/b > in/cyggdbm.dll > usage: rebase -b BaseAddress [-Vdv] [-o Offset] [-T FileList | -] Files... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/postinstall > $ > > Checking the list of file names we find that > neither /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.dll nor > /usr/bin/cygcrypto.dll exists. libphp4.dll should have been copied from the "new/" subdirectory to /usr/lib/apache by the apxs call in the postinstall script. If it wasn't, something went wrong with the apxs call. Use the package search page at <http://cygwin.com/packages/> to find out which package contains "usr/bin/cygcrypto.dll" and install it (FWIW, it should have been selected for install automatically -- did you unselect any packages before installation?). > Looking at apache-php.sh I'm not sure that the call to rbase is right > either - but I've got to too many errors now. > > So there we have it - the story of trying to install Apache/PHP. > > I hope that I've provided enough information for the > developers/maintainers to quickly come to a solution as having PHP > available in a mixed Linux/Window 2K box will be very useful for > development purposes. > > Regards, > Dave Hope this helps, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! 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