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From: Mike Burns <burns@cac.psu.edu>
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Subject: config/9223: Can't force configure process to use builtin Expat
 library


>Number:         9223
>Category:       config
>Synopsis:       Can't force configure process to use builtin Expat library
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 21 09:20:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     burns@cac.psu.edu
>Release:        1.3.22
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
SunOS 5.8, SunOS 5.6
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
cc: Sun WorkShop 6 2000/04/07 C 5.1

>Description:
Configure found libexpat.so installed in a system directory(/usr/local/lib). 
make fails as I don't have LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LD_RUN_PATH set.

gcc -c  -I../os/unix -I../include   -DSOLARIS2=260 -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci` gen_test_char.c
gcc  -DSOLARIS2=260 -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci`   -o gen_test_char gen_test_char.o  -lsocket -lnsl -lexpat
./gen_test_char >test_char.h
ld.so.1: ./gen_test_char: fatal: libexpat.so.0: open failed: No such file or directory
*** Error code 137


See also Apache bug report 8593 and
http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@httpd.apache.org/msg02375.html
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
I'm sure for the developers changing src/Configure to allow the user to
select to the builtin Expat library is easy, but the question after
examing the URL above is why, so I'll tell you why I would like it.

The other modules I'm compiling in apache do not use Expat, so even 
though I have it in /usr/local/lib, I don't want to have any dependencies
on /usr/local/lib in apache.  Utility programs like gcc and perl are 
in /usr/local, so I want /usr/local/bin in my command path, but don't
necessarily want or need libraries located in /usr/local.  When
/usr/local is in a shared file system (DFS, AFS, NFS, pick your favorite
letter) and if there is a problem getting to the shared file system
then your web server might also be rendered useless if it has a dependency
on a library located in it.  
 
That's why I hacked src/Configure to use
the builtin Expat library rather than the system one and why I would like
to see a configure option for selecting the builtin Expat even when a
system one exists. 
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