Re: RE: problem getting apache2 to work with subversion

ok...i screwed up!!! thnkgod for the experts :)

i did download tarball for 2.0.54 and installed it with the configure
option --enable-dav and --enable-dav-fs.
but turns out there was no problem with the installation!!! i myself
created the problem by adding the statement, 
LoadModule dav_mod modules/mod_dav.so, in the httpd.conf file. 
Well this stmt. was supposed to be added *if and only if* mod_dav was
built dynamically, and I didnt know --enable-dav builds it statically. 
So i guess ./buildconf might not have created the problem afterall. Well
atleast its working now...with new errors and messages :)

thnakyou guys, appreciate the help.

manas.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bennett, Tony - CNF" <Bennett.Tony@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:43 pm
Subject: RE: [dav-dev] problem getting apache2 to work with subversion

> You say you were "..trying again and again to build apache from
> source..."
> 
> Please post the contents of your "config.nice" file, or if that's no
> longer
> available, post how you invoked "configure".
> 
> For example, I use the following for AIX:
>       CC="xlc_r"; export CC
>       CPPFLAGS="-D_THREAD_SAFE"; export CPPFLAGS
>       ./configure \
>       --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
>       --with-mpm=worker \
>       --without-berkeley-db \
>       --enable-dav=static \
>       --enable-dav_fs=static \
>       --with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl \
>       --enable-ssl=static \
>       --with-egd=/etc/entropy 
> 
> -tony 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dav-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:dav-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of mhardas@xxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:41 AM
> To: jfeise@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dav-dev@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [dav-dev] problem getting apache2 to work with subversion
> 
> ok, so i guess the problem was tht i wasnt using a released version of
> apache, though i was building from apache 2.0.54 source. !!!???
> 
> >You only found that that this separate mod_dav doesn't compile with
> Apache 2...
> 
> well this, http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/#how, led me to believe it 
> does!!!
> 
> > Because that separate mod_dav is for Apache 1.3 *only*. It won't 
> > compile with Apache 2, no matter what you try.
> 
> trying again and again to build apache from source (exact file
> httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz) and unable to compile mod_dav, again led me to
> download a seperate version of mod_dav.
> 
> > Hmm, no. You did it because *you* decided to use the latest 
> Apache 
> > source code from their archive. That's the crucial mistake.
> > Unless you are a developer or need something really special 
> that's not
> 
> > in the released version, it is *always* the best and easiest to 
> use 
> > release versions. They are tested and work. Stuff in source 
> archives 
> > is in flux, and as such often broken. After all, that's why
> developers 
> > work on it...
> 
> well tht is just true....
> 
> >Yes.
> will do it and let you know.
> 
> Thanks.
> Manas.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joachim Feise <jfeise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [dav-dev] problem getting apache2 to work with subversion
> 
> > mhardas@xxxxxxxx wrote on 8/18/2005 10:41:
> > > hi again,
> > > webdav.org says tht mod_dav works for apache versions >=1.3 ... 
> > so i
> > > gave it a try. atleast i found tht apxs installation is broken. 
> > 
> > No, you didn't find that. That's just your conjecture.
> > You only found that that this separate mod_dav doesn't compile 
> with 
> > Apache 2...
> > See http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id3001405
> > It generally helps to have internalized that document, anyway ;-)
> > 
> > > ok let me start from the beginning. iam trying to install 
> Subversion
> > > (file managment software) on redhat linux 9. Subversion uses 
> WebDAV 
> > > protocol to make its repository available over the network 
> (http 
> > > access...it also has another protocol svn for remote sharing but
> > i dont
> > > want to use that).
> > > I installed subversion and its working fine. then i installed
> > Apache2> (from source) hoping tht it would already include all the
> > dependencies,> as the documentation said it would.
> > 
> > That's the mistake right there. Get a released version, e.g., 
> 2.0.54, 
> > and everything will work.
> > 
> > > My first problem was, when i couldnt access the repository over 
> the 
> > > netowrk, though apache did start at tht time. thts when i found 
> tht 
> > > apache doesnt know about the repos and needs mod_dav. So then i
> > started> looking for mod_dav but as you said it wasnt compiled at
> > all. I build
> > > apache again and again but mod_dav was never build. So finally 
> i 
> > > downloaded mod_dav source (which they say works for >=1.3) and
> > tried to
> > > build it. thts when i got the error,
> > 
> > When the website was written, there was no Apache 2, so at that 
> time 
> > it was true. Since mod_dav is included in Apache 2, there is not 
> even 
> > any need to have a separate product for Apache 2.
> > 
> > > configure: error: your apxs installation is broken and cannot be
> > used.> So later i looked at the indicated links (php dev forums) 
> and 
> > made
> > > changes to apxs accordingly, however with no luck. 
> > 
> > Because that separate mod_dav is for Apache 1.3 *only*. It won't 
> > compile with Apache 2, no matter what you try.
> > 
> > >>For example, you earlier said you were using buildconf. Why? 
> > That's only
> > >>necessary if you checked out the source code from the archive
> > > 
> > > I did tht simply because the install file told me to do so
> > (subversion)
> > Hmm, no. You did it because *you* decided to use the latest 
> Apache 
> > source code from their archive. That's the crucial mistake.
> > 
> > Unless you are a developer or need something really special 
> that's not
> 
> > in the released version, it is *always* the best and easiest to 
> use 
> > release versions. They are tested and work. Stuff in source 
> archives 
> > is in flux, and as such often broken. After all, that's why 
> developers
> > work on it...
> > 
> > > So here is the whole story, i guess my best bet is to reinstall
> > apache> from prepackaged binaries.
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > -Joe
> > 
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