Yes, 1.6.1 for next httpd 2.4.28. I want to go now for libxml2 and forget expat. We have already libxml2.dll in the distro.
We need also changes in the httpd dsp/mak/dsw/win files ? > Op 27 sep. 2017 om 20:58 heeft Gregg Smith <g...@gknw.net> het volgende > geschreven: > > I think I'd rather have apu 1.6.1 now without this (since we need it now) and > we can do this for 1.6.2 which will allow us to get any kinks out (if any) > while not under the gun. What do you think Steffen? > > Also, if we're going in this direction (which I want to) is to just get > what's in trunk working in 1.6 with it's choice of expat or libxml2 which > includes two additional files, one for using expat and one for using libxml2, > which I thought was the intent for 1.6 in the first place IIRC, it just never > happened. > > >> On 9/27/2017 11:01 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: >> This is now committed. >> Would like to verify that this is working for our own win32 devs' build >> preferences of expat 2.2.4, and glean any other feedback or suggestions >> for improvement. I'm on to the cmake-side of the world for the moment, >> I expect that won't be too rough, already collected suggestions for >> compiling against expat.. >>> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:10 PM, William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net> >>> wrote: >>> After deeper consideration, this was fundamentally wrong. >>> >>> For those less familiar with the Win32 build, we failed to decouple >>> a "project" called "xml" which was, in fact, our idea of how expat >>> should be built. >>> >>> That's unacceptable, as this missing file demonstrated. It shows >>> a lack of diligence in running tests (rather impossible to mix and >>> match between tests built on expat and those with httpd), It opens >>> us up to criticism for whatever "foolish" build flags we use versus >>> the recommended flags by the expat maintainers. >>> >>> Already, apr-util has crypto libs, dbm providers, dbd providers, all >>> but one are external libraries maintained by external groups with >>> their own recommended build mechansims. >>> >>> I will solve for visual studio Makefile.win builds with this; >>> >>> # Provide the XML_PARSER argument after configuring LIB and INCLUDE with >>> # the expat path of the corresponding xml parser, e.g. libexpatMT to choose >>> # static, or libexpat (default) to choose the dynamic library for >>> aprutil-1.dll >>> # (Static libaprutil-1.lib always presumes libexpatMT with XML_STATIC flag.) >>> # >>> # XML_PARSER="libexpat" >>> # >>> >>> This will toggle the lib and the correct XML_STATIC setting. My theory >>> is as follows; libexpat.dll gets security updates. We shouldn't generally >>> be compiling it into a system like httpd. For a command line tool, e.g. >>> when libaprutil-1.lib (static) is used, libexpatMT is a fine choice, and >>> the user will have to compile that in as well. Wherever aprutil-1.dll is >>> being used, the libexpat.dll is the obvious right choice. >>> >>> Anyone who knows Nick's efforts knows where this is leading, some time >>> in the future XML_PARSER=libxml2 can become a possibility. >>> >>> Somehow we've all grown accustomed to trusting all the rest of these >>> third party projects and know how to set up LIB and INCLUDE search >>> paths, so this is simply not a hardship. Our custom build tooling for expat >>> must be jettisoned, we do so nowhere else. Unix can cope, so must Win32. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Gregg Smith <g...@gknw.net> wrote: >>>> Feel free to do whatever you please with the cmake build. I just added the >>>> new loadlibrary.c file to it is all so technically it is ready to go and >>>> apu >>>> can be tagged. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 9/26/2017 10:29 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This doesn't make sense to me; in unbundling, and providing a modern build >>>>> system, why are these sources mentioned? >>>>> >>>>> Expat 2.2.x has it's own build schema, any attempt to replace expat's with >>>>> APR's seems misguided. Happy to stay mostly hands-off the mak/dsp as >>>>> this legacy tangle that users continue to consume, but the cmake was done >>>>> to turn windows builds into a conventional solution. The right fix there >>>>> is to >>>>> just switch compiling sources for linking to a library, and let that >>>>> library >>>>> maintainer do their thing. >>>>> >>>>> So +1 to the dsp/mak change, but alternate CMakeFiles.txt feedback >>>>> to follow... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Gregg Smith <g...@gknw.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> cmake should be as well. http://svn.apache.org/r1805330 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9/26/2017 7:12 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Proceeding with the understanding that mak, and dsp files are OK on >>>>>>> -dev, >>>>>>> thank >>>>>>> you for the review in your schema, Steffen! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bill >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 4:00 AM, Steffen <i...@apachelounge.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No issues seen with building and running httpd with apr 1.6.3 and >>>>>>>> apr-util >>>>>>>> 1.6.1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday 25/09/2017 at 21:34, Steffen wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, used 1.6.2/1.6.0. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tomorrow (already late here) I can try 1.6.3-dev and 1.6.1-dev. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Op 25 sep. 2017 om 20:52 heeft William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net> >>>>>>>> het >>>>>>>> volgende geschreven: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Steffen, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> were you testing 1.6.x branches of apr (1.6.3-dev) and apr-util >>>>>>>> (1.6.1-dev)? >>>>>>>> Or the last released 1.6.2/1.6.0 flavors? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm reviewing here to avoid tagging something that won't build, if you >>>>>>>> had already >>>>>>>> done so for Windows, it would speed things up here. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Bill >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Steffen <i...@apachelounge.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Windows it does not build out of the box. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Missing modules/core include for mod_watchdog.h in >>>>>>>> mod_proxy_balancer.dsp/mak and libhttp.dsp/mak . Did not checked cmake. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Steffen >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday 25/09/2017 at 14:13, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The pre-release test tarballs for Apache httpd >>>>>>>> version 2.4.28 can be found at the usual place: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm calling a VOTE on releasing these as Apache httpd 2.4.28 GA. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [ ] +1: Good to go >>>>>>>> [ ] +0: meh >>>>>>>> [ ] -1: Danger Will Robinson. And why. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Vote will last the normal 72 hrs. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> NOTE: The *-deps are only there for convenience. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thx! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>
