> Actually, apr-util doesn't depend on expat-lite. Apache just feeds a
> --with-expat switch to it to say "use *this* Expat for building".
>
> That was the shortest path towards a build for apr-util. Here are the four
> alternatives we have:
>
> 1) continue with the ../expat-lite thang
> 2) toss Expat from the build and require it be installed before building
> Apache
> 3) toss Expat and add configure magic to disable everything that depends on
> it (apr_xml and, in turn, mod_dav(_fs))
> 4) remove the --with-expat switch and add a copy of expat into apr-util/xml
> (and remove httpd-2.0/srclib/expat-lite)
>
> We're seeing that (1) is a bit troublesome for custom configs (like jimjag)
> and for Windows.
>
> (2) is a bitch. (3) is troublesome. (4) was my intended solution.
>
> The (4) solution is nice in another way: the bundled apr-util/xml/expat is
> only a *fallback*. If aprutil's configure finds expat already installed
> somewhere on the machine, then it will use it over the bundled copy. This is
> advantageous (we can pick up the system's shared lib of expat).
>
> Also, I'm not planning to simply shift expat-lite into apr-util/xml, but
> grab the latest copy. The current expat is autoconf'd and libtool'd. The
> aprutil autoconf script recognizes that, too :-)
>
>
> So... the situation would be:
>
> *) windows could just always use xml/expat/ (and the new one includes .dsp
> files and whatnot)
> *) autoconf'd systems would use the system expat or fall back to the bundled
> copy of expat 1.95
> *) by moving away from expat-lite, we can also use shared libs which helps
> the mod_perl conflict story
> *) switching to expat 1.95 also cleans up licensing: the old one was MPL
> 1.1, the new one is MIT/X
>
> Before putting a new copy of expat into apr-util/xml, I had wanted to run
> this by people first for thoughts.
IMHO, this is a no-brainer, do it. :-)
Ryan
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