[users@httpd] Using mod_deflate (2.0.54) with Apache 2.0.49

[Ashish Bansal <as...@gmail.com>]

Hi!
I have a 2.0.49 Apache provided to me with a vendor install. This is
put in 7 boxes spanning development QA and production. However, these
installs are missing mod_deflate. This is preventing me from enabling
HTTP compression. I was looking for the quickest way of doing this:
1. Take the latest 2.0.54 source, make it on each of the machines, and install
2. Same as above, except that make on one machine, anc copy the
installed version of one machine on all others (the install directory
is exactly the same in all machines)
3. Compile 2.0.54, and just take the mod_deflate.so file and put it in
the modules directory of the existing installation

I am hesitant of recompiling 2.0.49 from source as I have read on the
net that mod_deflate of that particular version had issues.

>From my perspective, option 3 is the easiest to perform. I would like
opinion of peple on this list as to if this is recommended, or any
other options.

Some other notes:
(A quick google did not yield anything or any one's experiences
attempting to do this. Also, I  find it difficult to compile on all
machines because only the dev achine has gcc tools installed.
Organization's policy does not install dev tools on QA and production
boxes. A quick look at ldd for httd shows for 2.0.54 shows me it
depends on libgcc.so.1 for something. So i would have to install this
on all boxes which would amount to install gcc on all boxes.

Env: SunOs 2.9 v490 UltraSparc)

-- 
Thanks and regards,
Ashish

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Re: [users@httpd] Using mod_deflate (2.0.54) with Apache 2.0.49

[Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com>]

On Friday 09 September 2005 13:20, Ashish Bansal wrote:
> Hi!
> I have a 2.0.49 Apache provided to me with a vendor install. This is
> put in 7 boxes spanning development QA and production. However, these
> installs are missing mod_deflate. This is preventing me from enabling
> HTTP compression. I was looking for the quickest way of doing this:

Any of your suggested ways will work (unless the vendor install is badly
mangled).  But far quicker and simpler is just to use apxs, which is the
usual way of adding extra modules.

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Nick Kew

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