It's been a long awaited feature, to bring back something similar to the old mod_perl option to have mod_perl statically linked to httpd. Here is my attempt at it.
The original way I attempted this was to hook into the new httpd build system,
but, one issue about that is that it would require autoconf/automake/aclocal.
So, instead, this patch tries to make things work by poking at httpd ever so
slightly.
In a nutshell :
$> cd ~
$> tar zxvf httpd-2.0.x.tar.gz
$> cd ~/httpd-2.0.x && ./configure [...]
$> cd ~/mod_perl
$mod_perl> perl Makefile.PL MP_USE_STATIC=1 MP_AP_PREFIX=~/httpd-2.0.x
generating...src/modules/perl/modperl_xsinit.c
mod_perl static library will be built as mod_perl.a
Patching : ~/httpd-2.0.x/build/config_vars.mk
Patching : ~/httpd-2.0.x/modules.c
$mod_perl> make
$mod_perl> cd ~/httpd-2.0.x
$httpd-2.0.x> make
$httpd-2.0.x> ./httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
[...]
mod_perl.c
$httpd-2.0.x> cd ~/mod_perl
$mod_perl> ./t/TEST -httpd ~/httpd-2.0.x/httpd
$mod_perl> make install
$mod_perl> cd ~/httpd.2.0.x && make install
Statically linking mod_perl should help people on platforms with defective dso
support, for instance.
There is currently one bug with mod_perl compiled statically. It tries to add
the MODPERL2 server define at hook-registry phase, but for statically linked
modules, that hook-registry phase is called before ap_server_config_defines is
created.
The following httpd patch fixes it, and I think it should be submitted to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for inclusion, as what mod_perl is doing is the only way I could find
of adding defines, and it just doesn't work when statically linked. The
pre-config hook doesn't work, because it's being run a bit too late for this:
Index: server/main.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvspublic/httpd-2.0/server/main.c,v
retrieving revision 1.140.2.8
diff -u -I$Id -r1.140.2.8 main.c
--- server/main.c 30 Mar 2004 20:53:06 -0000 1.140.2.8
+++ server/main.c 27 Apr 2004 22:33:20 -0000
@@ -393,14 +393,13 @@
}
#endif
- ap_setup_prelinked_modules(process);
-
apr_pool_create(&pcommands, pglobal);
apr_pool_tag(pcommands, "pcommands");
ap_server_pre_read_config = apr_array_make(pcommands, 1, sizeof(char *));
ap_server_post_read_config = apr_array_make(pcommands, 1, sizeof(char *));
ap_server_config_defines = apr_array_make(pcommands, 1, sizeof(char *));
+ ap_setup_prelinked_modules(process);
ap_run_rewrite_args(process);
/* Maintain AP_SERVER_BASEARGS list in http_main.h to allow the MPM
And now, the actual static build patch follows; I am aware that it's not
verydefensive and possibly doesn't work on some platforms (win32 anyone?), but I
think it's a step in the good direction. Comments welcome.
Index: Makefile.PL
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-2.0/Makefile.PL,v
retrieving revision 1.137
diff -u -I$Id -r1.137 Makefile.PL
--- Makefile.PL 4 Mar 2004 03:36:18 -0000 1.137
+++ Makefile.PL 27 Apr 2004 22:47:37 -0000
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@
warning "You'll need to add the following to httpd.conf:",
" LoadModule perl_module modules/$build->{MODPERL_LIB_DSO}\n";
}
+
+ #XXX: Not sure this is the best place
+ if ($build->is_static) {
+ $build->patch_httpd_for_static;
+ }
if ($build->{MP_INST_APACHE2}) {
warning "Apache Perl modules will be installed relative to Apache2/";
Index: lib/Apache/Build.pm
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-2.0/lib/Apache/Build.pm,v
retrieving revision 1.162
diff -u -I$Id -r1.162 Build.pm
--- lib/Apache/Build.pm 27 Apr 2004 17:26:28 -0000 1.162
+++ lib/Apache/Build.pm 27 Apr 2004 22:47:37 -0000
@@ -87,6 +87,46 @@
return '';
}
+sub patch_httpd_for_static {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ #AP_LIBS+=
+ my $ldopts = $self->ldopts;
+
+ #XXX: figure the name for all platforms
+ my $lib = catfile($self->{cwd}, qw(src modules perl mod_perl.a));
+
+ my $config_vars = catfile($self->dir, qw(build config_vars.mk));
+
+ warning "Patching : $config_vars";
+ {
+ local @ARGV = $config_vars;
+ local $^I = ".bak";
+ while (<>) {
+ s/^AP_LIBS\s*=(.*)/AP_LIBS=$1 $ldopts/;
+ s/^BUILTIN_LIBS\s*=(.*)/BUILTIN_LIBS=$1 $lib/;
+ print;
+ }
+ unlink $config_vars . $^I;
+ }
+
+ my $modules = catfile($self->dir, qw(modules.c));
+
+ warning "Patching : $modules";
+
+ my $fh;
+ open($fh, "<$modules");
+ local $/ = undef;
+ my $modules_data = <$fh>;
+ $modules_data =~
+ s/(extern module core_module;)/$1\nextern module perl_module;/;
+ $modules_data =~ s/(\s*)NULL/$1&perl_module,$1NULL/g;
+ close($fh);
+ open($fh, ">$modules");
+ print $fh $modules_data;
+ close($fh);
+}
+
sub httpd_is_source_tree {
my $self = shift;
@@ -796,6 +836,7 @@
#--- attribute access ---
sub is_dynamic { shift->{MP_USE_DSO} }
+sub is_static { shift->{MP_USE_STATIC} }
sub default_dir {
my $build = shift->build_config;
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