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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by wr...@apache.org on 2006/05/03 06:34:46 UTC
svn commit: r399129 - /httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html
Author: wrowe
Date: Tue May 2 21:34:42 2006
New Revision: 399129
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=399129&view=rev
Log:
Reflow and minor syntax corrections.
Modified:
httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html
Modified: httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html?rev=399129&r1=399128&r2=399129&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/dist/binaries/win32/README.html Tue May 2 21:34:42 2006
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@
<p>Install the Windows NT Service Pack 6a or later. Then, note the comments
above with respect to installing support for wldap32.dll (beyond obtaining
- this update from Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1) the page you should
- see is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Other/adclient.asp"
+ this update from Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1) refer to the page
+ <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Other/adclient.asp"
>http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Other/adclient.asp</a>.
- Again, we are looking for wldap32.dll in your Windows\System32 directory with
- version 5.0.2168.1, or later.</p>
+ Again, we are looking for wldap32.dll in your Windows\System32 directory
+ with version 5.0.2168.1, or later.</p>
<p>Also, be sure you <a href="#msi">obtain the MSI installer</a> if you have
not done so before.</p>
-<h3>If you are installing Apache on the <strong>original</strong> Windows XP,
+<h3>If you are installing Apache on Windows XP with no Service Pack applied,
<strong>stop</strong></h3>
<p>Install the Windows XP Service Pack 1. Refer to the
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
<p>Most Firewall programs, Web Spam filters and other TCP/IP driver-based
products (including spyware!) do not correctly implement the entire WinSock
API. The shortcuts taken by the developers of such products cause Apache
- to fail. If you insist on leaving such programs installed, and have problems
- with your Apache installation, consider the suggestion below.</p>
+ to fail. If you insist on leaving such programs installed, and have
+ problems with your Apache installation, consider the suggestion below.</p>
<h2><a name="problems">Problems Installing or Running Apache 2</a></h2>
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@
have proposed this patch back to the project for its consideration.</p>
<p>This binary release was created with Visual Studio 6.0, using a more recent
- Platform SDK for the ldap api. It includes zlib1.dll for mod_deflate.so and
- OpenSSL, built with <a href="patches_applied/zlib-1.2.3-vc32-2005-rcver.patch"
- >this patch</a>, patches_applied/zlib-1.2.3-vc32-2005-rcver.patch, to correct
- the embedded version number and provide us a .pdb diagnostic file. We have
- proposed this patch back to the project for its consideration.</p>
+ Platform SDK for the ldap api. It includes zlib1.dll for mod_deflate.so
+ built with <a href="patches_applied/zlib-1.2.3-vc32-2005-rcver.patch"
+ >this patch</a>, patches_applied/zlib-1.2.3-vc32-2005-rcver.patch, to
+ correct the embedded version number and provide us a .pdb diagnostic file.
+ We have proposed this patch back to the project for its consideration.</p>
<p>There is a corresponding -win32-x86-symbols.zip archive of the
<a href="#symbols">binary diagnostic symbol files</a> which are not
@@ -231,10 +231,11 @@
<p>If you are unsure if the Windows Installer is present, or the required
version 1.10.1029.1 or later, then run the MSIEXEC command from the
- Start -> Run dialog to determine if the Windows Installer is on your machine.
- It will report "Incorrect command line parameters", and also report its version
- number. Apache's .msi packages require Windows Installer V 1.10.1029.1 or later,
- which you can install or upgrade with the following Microsoft downloads:</p>
+ Start -> Run dialog to determine if the Windows Installer is on your
+ machine. It will report "Incorrect command line parameters", and also
+ report its version number. Apache's .msi packages require Windows Installer
+ V 1.10.1029.1 or later, which you can install or upgrade with the following
+ Microsoft downloads:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=17344"
@@ -264,24 +265,30 @@
<p>These -symbols.zip packages contain the .pdb diagnostic symbol files (which
correpsond to the distributed binary release) and can be used by nearly all
- modern Win32 debugging tools, including the freely available WinDbg utility.
+ modern Win32 debugging tools, including the freely available WinDbg utility.
They are most useful for the core developers to review crash dumps generated
by Dr. Watson if Apache experiences a General Protection Fault. They also
provide additional backtrace details in Dr. Watson crash log files, if they
- are installed into the Apache directory which is experiencing General Protection
- Fault or other crash issues.</p>
+ are installed into the Apache directory which is experiencing General
+ Protection Fault or other crash issues.</p>
-<p>It is important to note that the .zip must correspond to the distribution you
- are diagnosing, and you must have the correpsonding source tree to perform any
- diagostics at the source level. A fully built source tree is required for all
- of the 'intermediate' .c and .h source files created during the build process
- (see the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/win_compiling.html"
- >Apache 1.3</a>, <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/win_compiling.html"
- >Apache 2.0</a> or <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/win_compiling.html"
- >Apache 2.2</a> compiling instructions). In order to diagnose bugs, obtain the
- sources and symbols archive corresponding to older releases from our historical
+<p>It is important to note that the .zip must correspond to the distribution
+ you are diagnosing, and you must have the correpsonding source tree to
+ perform any diagostics at the source level. A fully built source tree is
+ required for all of the 'intermediate' .c and .h source files created during
+ the build process (see the
+ <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/win_compiling.html"
+ >Apache 1.3</a>,
+ <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/win_compiling.html"
+ >Apache 2.0</a> or
+ <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/win_compiling.html"
+ >Apache 2.2</a> compiling instructions). In order to diagnose bugs, obtain
+ the sources and symbols archive corresponding to older releases from our
+ historical
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/">archive</a>
of releases.</p>
-<p>If you don't understand a word of this, trust that you do not need these files
- to install or run Apache.</p>
+<p>If you don't understand a word of this, trust that you do not need these
+ files to install or run Apache, the .msi runtime is the only file you need
+ to install.</p>
+