Apparently, Apache code needs either MAP_ANON defined or some special
semantics for { mmap ('/dev/zero'); }; check the documentation for mmap what
that would be, and check the documentation for your OS why it is not
provided.
HTH,
Chris-----Original Message----- From: Nguyen Tien Duong [mailto:duong...@fsoft.com.vn] Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:50 AM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: [us...@httpd] Unable to run ./configure when install apache http server.Error: decision on anonymous shared memory allocation method failed Dear all. I am trying to install apache http server version 2.2.11 for centos 5. During the first step, i hit the error of "Error: decision on anonymous shared memory allocation method failed" and not able to proceed further. I would like to seek the help and really appreciate if anyone could give some pointers to the problem. The details is as followed. 1. Run the command [r...@localhost httpd-2.2.11]# ./configure --prefix=/home1/apache --enable-so --with-included-apr > a.out Error on the console is /root/setups/apache_2.2.11/linux/httpd-2.2.11/srclib/apr/configure:Error: decision on anonymous shared memory allocation method failed 2. The output a.out content is checking for MAP_ANON in sys/mman.h... no checking for /dev/zero... yes checking for mmap that can map /dev/zero... no configure failed for srclib/apr --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
