Hi, Following is my understanding, and please correct me if I am wrong anywere. As per my understanding Apache uses plug-in architecture to increase its functionality at runtime. For this, it uses modules which are in form of DSO's (Dynamic shared objects) (ie. .so .dll etc...). And it uses dlsym() and dlopen() like application programming interface for dynamic linking loader to activate the DSO's as and when they are needed. If this is the way Apache implements its plug-in architecture then why do we need to restart Apache when we add new module or update existing module ? As programming interface for dynamic linking loader allows you to open new DSO, close existing DSO and reopen it again with newer version, then is it not possible to update existing modules or load new modules without restarting Apache ? Can I know why exactly there is need to restart the Apache for new module to get activated ? Can I get pointers to some documentation or code which deals with how exactly these new DSO's are loaded and how these newly added modules come to life ? and why there is need for restarting Apache when we add or modify any module ? Regards, Pravin Shinde --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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