YEAH! I know there was something wrong with your Apache installation...
Now, we shouldn't have problems also with SHARED_CORE, but now at least I
know what to tackle...
Can you do me another favor and confirm (or not) bug # 2933?
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2933
Thanks :)
Pier
Eryq at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When Pier told me that he'd never seen libhttpd.ep in his
> own Apache directory, that gave me the first clue: my
> Apache was somehow different from other Solaris builds.
>
> Here's why.
> Pursuant to this document: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dso.html
> I did this:
>
> ./configure --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE ...
>
> My advice: DO NOT DO THIS, at least not on Solaris with gcc.
> Solaris dynaloading works fine without it.
> For the benefit of others, here is my setup.
> I set up this environment (tcsh syntax):
>
> setenv CC gcc
> setenv LD_SHLIB gcc
> setenv CFLAGS "-g -fPIC"
> setenv CFLAGS_SHLIB "-g -fPIC"
>
> Then ran this Apache config:
>
> ./configure \
> "--with-layout=Apache" \
> "--prefix=/export/home/cs/depot/package/apache_1.3.20" \
> "--enable-module=rewrite" "--enable-shared=rewrite" \
> "--enable-module=so" \
> "$@"
>
> Then a "make" and "make install".
> The produces a libexec directory containing:
>
> httpd.exp
> mod_rewrite.so
>
> I then used "apxs -g" to create a bogus little loadable
> against this, and installed it. It worked fine.
> Finally, on to mod_webapp.so, and that worked fine.
>
> LESSONS LEARNED, for the benefit of those whose
> warp connections are causing core dumps:
>
> 1. Always use gcc. Always use gcc. Always use gcc.
> Why? Because it's the lowest common denominator.
> Because the developers are building/testing with it.
> Because ./configure likes it. Always use gcc.
>
> 2. Remember that ./configure scripts pay attention
> to **environment variables** as well as command-line
> options. This is evil and confusing, but that's
> reality for you. Setenv CC, LD, etc.
>
> a. Use gcc as the linker, not ld.
> b. Make sure -fPIC is in the CFLAGS.
>
> 3. Look at "apxs" and make sure it matches those
> aforementioned environment variables EXACTLY.
> Especially look at the "LD" variables.
>
> 4. You don't need to use SHARED_CORE on Solaris 5.8
> with mod_webapp.
>
> 5. After the 3rd recompile, "rm -rf" and start over.
> You never know what garbage is lying around
> that "make distclean" didn't get rid of.
>
> Perhaps some of these advicelets are unnecessary,
> but the combination worked for me.
> Thanks to all who helped.
>
> Eryq
