From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 20 02:54:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3891616A468 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F3113C442 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:54:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAK2nuYE038173; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:49:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lAK2ntr6038172; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:49:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:49:55 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" Message-ID: <20071120024955.GA38153@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20071119190959.V51743@prime.gushi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071119190959.V51743@prime.gushi.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Build Frustrations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:54:04 -0000 On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 07:19:34PM -0500, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > All, > > I'm of the realization that FreeBSD is a volunteer project, but there's a > recent issue I've hit, and I've contacted nearly EVERYONE I can think of > about it to try and fix, and the response I've gotten has been a deafening > silence. > > I'm having trouble building apache2.2.6, it relates I feel to an > inconsitent libexpat library under FreeBSD, COMBINED with a badly made and > inconsistent apr port, and some libiconv incompatibilities. I've emailed > ports maintainers, APR developers, the general apache mailing list, and > gotten nothing. > > ... > > This is a post about building apache2.2 from scratch, not from ports -- > however it raises several issues with port-installed tools that lead me to > believe they may still be at fault. I apologize in advance for the length > of this post, but having all the data is sometimes important. I believe > it's reproducable but I don't have the spare machines to try on. > > ... > > 3) My big problem: > > > I just tried to build apache 2.2.6 from scratch. > > I, for various reasons of wanting to keep apache separate from other > things, for example, to virtualize my apache users, prefer everything in a > single dir -- so the ports route isn't for me. > You can tell ports where to install something. We used to install all of Apache in its own directory to make it easy to manipulate in a system we were installing in a lot of places. Check the ports doc and such. ////jerry