On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Diego Tartara wrote:

> Maybe I'm wrong, but when compiling mod_ssl on AIX support for
> semaphores is not available, and only file locking is enabled (using
> fcntl). I'm working on a 4.3 AIX system and it has support for ipc
> semaphores. Please, I'd really like to know why semaphores are not
> enabled under AIX (or correct me if I'm wrong). If this is because the
> file locking method is the preferred way, why is it so? I'm sorry if I
> missed something, this is my first time on a AIX system and maybe my
> question seems dumb. Any comment will be really appreciated

I haven't tried mod_ssl on AIX 4.3 yet, but it runs fine under 4.2. And I
can tell you that semaphores are definitely available under AIX. 

I have no idea why mod_ssl doesn't like it. I think its pretty standard
semaphore support.

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