Hedwig List, Apache Compile (was Re: Response to Mr. Steve Colie)

["Michael H. Warfield" <mhw wittsend com>]

Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile enscribed thusly:

	[...]

> I'm not sure the developers have the opportunity to "volunteer", but
> whatever the case, you'll find that most of them pay attention to the
> distribution-specific list.  The current distribution-specific list
> is hedwig-list redhat com 

	I've tried subscribing to that list (sent subscribe to
hedwig-list-request redhat com) and never heard a peep.  Maybe
the server is incredibly slow...  Sigh...

	I tried to subscribe when I discovered that the apache source rpm
from 6.0 won't even compile on 6.0.  Yes I applied all the RedHat patches
and even figured out the screwy configure command "./configure
--with-layout=RedHat --enable-module=all --enable-shared=max" to get it
to match the installation.  (It would be nice if convoluted configure
commands are required for a package that those commands would be documented
somewhere).

	First it gives me compile errors like this:

mod_auth_dbm.c:77: ndbm.h: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** [mod_auth_dbm.so] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/apache_1.3.6/src'
make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/apache_1.3.6'
make: *** [build] Error 2

	Then (after working my way around that one) I can't get half of the
modules to load because of an undefined symbol "stat".

	I'm begining to think that there have been too many changes made in
the RedHat way of tinkering with locations.  Now the source packages
are not even consistant with the distributed binaries.  That means, I
go back to 5.2 or find another distribution.  This may be acceptable
for people who only want to ever install from binary rpms and never
recompile something for themselves (I really don't want the DSOs in
Apache and I've got to compile some other stuff in) but it is not
acceptable to people like me who do have to add things back in on top.

	I'm Cc'ing this over to the hedwig list as well in the vain hope
that my subscribe goes through before this hits the list.

> -- 
> Steve Coile               R e d   H a t             Systems Administration
> scoile redhat com             S o f t w a r e               (919) 547-0012

	Mike
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