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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:31:53 +0200 (CEST)
Organization: German Unix-AG Association
From: Lars Eilebrecht <Lars.Eilebrecht@unix-ag.org>
To: new-httpd@apache.org
Subject: RE: Proposal: changes to the binbuild.sh script
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According to Jens-Uwe Mager:

[...]
>  * It does use the APACI and it configures most of the modules as
>    shared. This gives users maximum flexibility by being able to load at
>    runtime what they need. These who object to loadable modules and opt
>    for a statically linked all-in-one httpd probably will compile it
>    themselves anyways.

I'm +1 to distribute DSO-enabled binaries with all modules for platforms
who support it.

[...]
>  * It does not move the httpd any more nor does it make clean to be able
>    to run the install process cleanly. This does result in larger tar
>    balls, though.

IMHO a bad thing (TM).
  
>  Comments anyone?

Hmmm... It would be cool have the binbuild stuff integrated into configure
(APACI) so that one simply has to do a "make bindist" or something along
these lines.


ciao...
-- 
Lars Eilebrecht                        - Real programmers arrive at work
sfx@unix-ag.org                               - in time for lunch.
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