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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by tr...@apache.org on 2009/03/03 03:44:50 UTC

svn commit: r749512 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL

Author: trawick
Date: Tue Mar  3 02:44:50 2009
New Revision: 749512

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=749512&view=rev
Log:
Use --with-included-apr if you don't have the compiler
your OS-delivered APR was built with
  xlc vs gcc
  SunStudio vs gcc
  gcc n vs gcc n-bignum
  etc.

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL?rev=749512&r1=749511&r2=749512&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/INSTALL Tue Mar  3 02:44:50 2009
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
               might use "/usr/local/apache2" for PREFIX (without the
               quotes).
 
-            * If you are a developer who will be linking your code with
+            * Consider if you need to use the bundled APR and APR-Util
+              via ./configure's --with-included-apr option, to use the
+              bundled source instead of a previously installed APR and
+              APR-Util (such as those provided with many OSes).  This
+              is required if you don't have the compiler which the
+              system APR was built with.  This can be advantageous if 
+              you are a developer who will be linking your code with
               Apache or using a debugger to step through server code,
-              ./configure's --with-included-apr option may be advantageous,
               as it removes the possibility of version or compile-option
-              mismatches with APR and APR-util code.  (Many OSes now
-              include their own version of APR and APR-util.)
+              mismatches with APR and APR-util code.
 
             * If you are a developer building Apache directly from
               Subversion, you will need to run ./buildconf before running