Chris, something DID just dawn on me... I have my own account on that Linux server, though not with root access or anything. Would it be possible for me to compile mod_jk.so into my own space and then tell him where the mod_jk.so is? If so, would the following steps be how I would generate mod_jk.so (and forgive the "newbie"ness of the question, please)?
tar -xvzf tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src.tar.gz cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src/native/ # which apxs ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-api-compatibility make make install At this point, I think all I want to do is produce a functioning mod_jk.so and let him put it into the modules directory. Would this do it? Thanks again! JL -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:34 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Binary of mod_jk.so for Apache 2.2.x -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leon, On 7/12/2011 7:42 PM, Leon Kolchinsky wrote: > Go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi and download > the source code: > > # tar -xvzf tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src.tar.gz > > Read docs/webserver_howto/apache.html or native/BUILDING.txt for > options. > > # cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src/native/ # which apxs # ./configure > --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-api-compatibility # make # make > install All that as root? Hmm. Also, not everyone has a C compiler, especially on a production machine. (The answer, of course, is to build somewhere else and upload.) Jonathan, I understand that you want convenience, but there are several factors to consider, here: 1. Unless you download a binary from a trusted source (i.e. not anyone on this list, but something like something.apache.org, or from your distro's package manager), you should consider yourself compromised. 2. If you build your own mod_jk, you know it will work with your exact environment. No weird problems with slight version mismatches between httpd version or other libraries. No questions about which architecture's files you need to download, etc. 3. Building mod_jk from source is relatively trivial. See above. Most Linux distros some with a C compiler by default, and all of them can trivially install gcc. Consider trying it. Recently, the Tomcat team decided to stop providing binaries for *NIX platforms because of the above (maybe that was just for tcnative, but I wouldn't be surprised if the policy is now to avoid rolling binaries for any non-Java components). Why? Because if we wanted to provide binaries for, say, mod_jk, we need to support (at least) two architectures: x86 and x86_64. Also, there are 4 major versions of Apache httpd: 1.3, 2.0, 2.2, and 2.4. Sometimes, even httpd patch level can affect compatibility (though it really shouldn't) or maybe it was built against 2.2.11 but the user has 2.2.13 and wants to know "why no binary?". We cannot possibly provide enough binaries to make everyone happy. Since it's so easy to build mod_jk, we ask users in *NIX environments to just do it. We do provide binaries for both 32- and 64-bit Microsoft Windows environments for Apache httpd, Microsoft IIS and (wtf?) Netscape, because those folks rarely have compilers handy. If you have any trouble building mod_jk, please don't hesitate to come back for help. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4fGnQACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCRlgCfd41tx9q8BpKfY35elKUCmokO b9oAoIC3QamvoAhLvtageSz0/zQzEVxE =0myN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
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