May I recommand you take a look at mod_jk from jakarta-tomcat-connectors which use configure stuff to try to ease the build...
All the developpment effort on tomcat connectors have now moved to J-T-C.... - Henri Gomez ___[_]____ EMAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (. .) PGP KEY : 697ECEDD ...oOOo..(_)..oOOo... PGP Fingerprint : 9DF8 1EA8 ED53 2F39 DC9B 904A 364F 80E6 >-----Original Message----- >From: Aaron Bannert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:04 PM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: Problem compiling mod_webapp for IBM HTTP Server 1.9.19 >running on AIX 4.3.3. Please help save Tomcat for a high >profile project >in Switzerland > > >Lurking indeed... ;) > > >On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:34:42AM -0800, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 08:51:24PM +0100, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > First of all I attempt to calmly summarize the problem and >only then let my emotions get through. > >You're certainly not the first to be frustrated by this problem. :) > >> > My insufficient knowledge of AIX platforms prevents me >from successfully compiling mod_webapp (as well mod_jk) on AIX >4.3.3 platform. >> > >> > Tomcat itself appears to be running flawlessly. >Unfortunately due to my meager knowledge of AIX I seem to be >unable to recompile neither mod_webapp nor mod_jk for the >specified platform. Actually compilation worked fine in both >cases. What did fail was the 'ld' linker. As far as I can >judge about possible cause of failure, the linker requires a >module export (.exp) file in order to be able successfully >complete linking process. In this respect AIX appears to >differ from Unixes, as I had no problems at all building >mod_webapp & mod_jk under Linux (Mandrake 8.0 & Mandrake 8.1) >as well as Solaris 8. The problem is aggravated by the >management's desire to use IBM HTTP Server instead of plain >Apache mainly due to IBM's SSL support, which is perceived to >be more trustworthy and secure. >> > >> > Is my assumption right? If yes, is there a way I could >generate that damn .exp file for mod_webapp? I could also live >with mod_jk as a fallback scenario. > >[snip] >> I know that Aaron Bannert spent some time working with the IBM >> httpd folks (Victor, Greg, Bill, Jeff, etc.) trying to get AIX DSO >> support for Apache 2.0 and APR. I believe the eventual conclusion >> from the IBM AIX gurus in Austin was that the linker is not capable >> of handling external dependencies in an acceptable manner. Their >> recommendation was to wait for the next major release of AIX which >> would have a new linker. But, this isn't very helpful to you or >> to us httpd folks though. > >As of yet we have not been able to tame the beast that is the >AIX linker >WRT apache-2.0 and DSOs. The essential problem has to do with >the mechanism >used at runtime to load and dynamically link modules, and the aparent >inability of the AIX linker to deal with interdependent shared objects. > >In the short term this really only applies to apache-2.0 and modules >that automatically depend on other libraries, like how >mod_webapp depends >on libapr and libaprutil. The problem in this scenario is that >libaprutil >actually depends on symbols exported from libapr. First-order runtime >linkages seem to work fine, but as soon as you hit a symbol >that depends >on that second library (even if they are statically linked >into the same >shared object) you'll get a segfault. It's entirely possible that over >in httpd-2.0 we're doing something wrong, but given the number >of people >looking at this issue, that is becomming less and less likely. > >> > I have been informed by the management that if problem is >not resolved by mid next week Tomcat will be replaced with >WebSphere 3.5 Standard Edition. > >My first impression to this post was to suggest you contact your vendor >for a solution. (My second and more emotionally based response was to >suggest you change operating systems. ;) > >Hope that provides some insight, >-aaron > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
