On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 1999, Yan Zhang Chen wrote:
>
> > I'm new; just read the FAQ and searched the past mail archive, but still
> > have this question: is it OK (feasible & advisable) to build the latest
> > mod_ssl (2.4.5) with earlier versions of Apache (v.1.3.4 specifically)?
> > I do see there is a "--force" option in mod_ssl for such purpose.
> > Any experience/opinion please?
>
> I've never tried it myself to build the latest mod_ssl with anchient Apache
> versions. Perhaps it works, but I expect that it doesn't work (there were lots
Patching failed out when I tried to build mod_ssl 2.4.5 with Apache 1.3.4.
> of API changes between Apache 1.3.4 and 1.3.9). OTOH, why do you want to build
> with older Apache versions? Because of EAPI you've to rebuild Apache in any
> case, so it doesn't harm that you have to use the latest version.
The main reason is that we had hacked Apache, I'd have to undertake the
usual change-merging hassle for every Apache upgrade. Looks like I'll
have to this time.
> > I actually have another question: is this EAPI something specific to
> > mod_ssl (I didn't hear about it before) ? Does Apache-SSL also require
> > this EAPI extension?
>
> Yes and no. EAPI is not mod_ssl specific technically, i.e. EAPI contains
> neither SSL nor mod_ssl specific things. But it's a prerequisite for mod_ssl
> to work, because for mod_ssl to operate a little bit more functionality in the
> Apache API is required (that additional functionality is what EAPI is for). So,
> EAPI is totally independent of mod_ssl, but it was created because of mod_ssl
> and so it's tied to the mod_ssl project and is also distributed with mod_ssl.
> But that's more or less for convinience reasons only.
>
> Apache-SSL doesn't require EAPI, because it uses its own "EAPI", i.e.
> Apache-SSL ships with its own patches for the Apache API (these patches just
> have no stand-alone name and are considered an integral part of Apache-SSL,
> but the idea is the same as for EAPI, of course).
Thanks very much for the clarification about EAPI. Just for curiosity,
any reference/doc about this EAPI?
--Yan
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