On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Steve Hay wrote:
> Randy Kobes wrote:
>
> >Having an APACHE_INST would be a good idea, as it's then
> >more intuitive of what it represents ... Perhaps a
> >combination of APACHE_INST and INSTALL_LIB would be
> >good, in order to keep the flavour of the current
> >build procedure:
> >
> >- APACHE_INST: the Apache install directory,
> > or
> >- APACHE_SRC, which can be either the Apache build or
> >install directory,
> >
> >With this,
> >- INSTALL_DLL: where to put mod_perl.so. If not given,
> >defaults to APACHE_INST/modules, or to APACHE_SRC/modules,
> >if these exist;
> >- INSTALL_LIB: where to put mod_perl.lib. If not given,
> >defaults to APACHE_INST/libexec, or to APACHE_SRC/libexec,
> >if these exist;
> >
> >In Apache::MyConfig, the location of the mod_perl lib would
> >then be the value of INSTALL_LIB, if that exists or was set;
> >if not, then it would stay at the current value of the
> >mod_perl source location.
> >
> This all sounds excellent.
>
> >
> >As for the location of the mod_perl header files in
> >Apache::MyConfig, right now for Win32 they're set as
> >/Path/to/mod_perl/sources/src/modules/perl. One instead
> >could use Apache::src->new->inc, which gives the installed
> >path (under the Perl tree). However, this wouldn't be a
> >compatible change with the current behaviour, as
> >Apache::src->new->inc is a string including the '-I' before
> >the directories, so that it can be used directly in a $(CC)
> >command. But I think it would be more convenient to use
> >Apache::src->new->inc, for the same reason as specifying an
> >installed location for the mod_perl.lib - that way, people
> >can delete the mod_perl build directory after installation.
> >What does this sound like?
> >
> >
> Setting MODPERL_INC to the installed location rather than the build
> location certainly makes a lot of sense. A definite thumbs-up to that.
>
> But I'm not so sure about introducing the '-I' if that breaks backwards
> compatibility. Depends how much you think people would be affected by
> it; I don't really know.
>
> Would it be possible to play it safe, and set MODPERL_INC to the
> installed location, but without the '-I's?
That would be possible, and probably preferable; however,
there'd still be a change in what to expect for MODPERL_INC.
Right now, being the value of src/modules/perl in the
mod_perl source location, it's a single value, but if one
uses Apache::src->new->inc, it'd become multiple values.
So, even if we stripped off the '-I's, the syntax
-I$Apache::MyConfig{MODPERL_INC}
(which works now) would break.
--
best regards,
randy
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