The autoconf stuff is a total mystery to me, but here's my experience so
far.
Platform: Red Hat Linux 7.1
Problem 1 - Can't find APXS:
I tried "./configure --with-apr=/usr/local --with-apxs=xxxxx
with various patterns for xxxxx (/usr/local/apache, /usr/local/apache/bin,
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs) and could not get it to recognize where my
apxs binary was (in /usr/local/apache/bin). Temporary workaround: add
/usr/local/apache/bin to the PATH environment variable and execute
./configure --with-apr=/usr/local --with-apxs
to let the configure script find apxs on the path.
Problem 2 - Can't compile mod_webapp:
The "Makedefs" file that is created has the following line:
APXS = @APXS@
which causes the build of the mod_webapp connector to blow up:
Linking Apache 1.3.x module
make[1]: APXS@: Command not found
make[1]: *** [mod_webapp.so] Error 127
Workaround: manually patch "Makedefs" to say
APXS = /usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
Problem 3 - "configtest" fails
Moved mod_webapp.so into /usr/local/apache/libexec and added some config
directives to the httpd.conf file, including
LoadModule webapp_module libexec/mod_webapp.so
but running the "configtest" option throws this error:
Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/mod_webapp.so into server:
/usr/local/lib/libapr.so.0: undefined symbol: pthread_create
As you can see, it correctly found where my libapr.so shared library is,
but cannot find the pthreads library - even though it's installed. This
*could* be because Red Hat 7.1 uses libc-2.2.2.so, and I've heard others
have had problems with this.
Problem 4 - Documenation for httpd.conf directives
Even when all of the above stuff gets fixed, I cannot find any docs on the
httpd.conf directives that mod_webapp supports. The notes in the
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml file do not appear to be accurate any
more. Where's the docs?
Craig
