Hi all,
I've been wondering if there is a recommended way of using autotools
when writing an Apache module? I've seen a tutorial
http://threebit.net/tutorials/apache2_modules/tut1/tutorial1.html on
this, but it was last updated in 2005, so I'm not sure if there are any
better ways or things to do. I've also looked at a couple
http://code.google.com/p/mod-authn-otp/ of projects
http://code.google.com/p/modskeleton/, and they seem to do things
differently. I also found a couple of previous
http://marc.info/?l=apache-modulesm=109754513810791w=2 questions
http://marc.info/?l=apache-modulesm=97517123707363w=2 on this
subject, but they're very old and don't answer my question.
I essentially want to allow the module to be compiled against one or two
different libraries, depending on availability and user choice.
Non-essential background details:
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I'm building a module that accesses a database at configuration parse
time, but I can't use APR DBD for a few reasons. Firstly, I need
features from apr-util 1.3 which is not in many major distributions.
Secondly, apr-util and mod_php can conflict by linking against
libmysqlclient_r and libmysqlclient, respectively. Both libraries export
the same symbols, which then causes all sorts of hell (generally
manifesting as bizarre segfaults). I've also had issues with the
distro-packaged versions of apr-util being compiled without database
support (or DSO support, making it impossible to load the DB drivers).
Then again, this could be due to me missing something. My DB
driver-loading code was inspired from mod_dbd, so I'm fairly sure it's
making the right calls.
Basically, I want the user/package maintainer to be able to force
selection of libmysqlclient/libmysqlclient_r as appropriate (as some
distributions have fixed this issue), although it would be even better
to autodetect this via configure rules. I then also plan to add
support for other databases, such as Postgres.
Of course, if anyone has any better suggestions on how to do this that
don't involve me writing my own reduced-functionality DB abstraction
layer, I would love to hear them.
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Thanks,
Dave
