On Thu, Mar 25, 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Full_Name: Avi Alkalay
> Version: 2.2.6
> OS: AIX 4.3.1
> Submission from: igw1.br.ibm.com (32.96.196.66)
>
> Can I compile mod_ssl separately from Apache?
Yes, but only after some initial preparations.
> I don't want to patch the
> Apache source to compile mod_ssl within Apache.
At least once this is needed.
> Can I compile Apache, pack
> the binary files, remove the source, and in some day in the future use only
> 'apxs' and Apache include files to build mod_ssl?
Yes, you can. But you've to at least once compile Apache with the Extended API
(EAPI) patches (see --with-eapi-only option of mod_ssl). Then you can use
mod_ssl's --with-apxs option to just upgrade your installed libssl.so DSO
until the EAPI changes again. EAPI changes only from time to time, not with
every mod_ssl version.
So you usually can at least upgrade a few times until you again have to
recompile Apache (because of required changes inside the EAPI part). I do this
myself on my development box, because I always want to run the latest version
for testing purposes, but don't want to start the whole installtion procedure
(although it's fully automated)...
Ralf S. Engelschall
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www.engelschall.com
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