On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:17:38 +0000 > "Paul Herring" <pauljherring@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> It's been a week since I posted this, and (possibly not surprisingly) >> I've had no replies. >> >> Is it because I've supplied insufficient detail, I'm asking in the >> wrong place, or because the apache/httpd/apxs build simply isn't >> designed to be cross-compiled. > > Dunno, I've not tried it. > > How about telling us what happened when you just tried using > the apxs from a build cross-compiled for your target platform? Copy/paste from the mod_python list from my initial stab at finding a solution: Version of mod_python: 3.3.1 Apache: 2.2.10 Python: 2.4.4 (I realise this is an old version, but this was requested due to compatibility issues with other software that's used.) configure without apxs: ------------->8=========== ./configure --build=i586-cross-linux-gnu --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --prefix=/f15_nsb checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... yes checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ar... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for main in -lm... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking your blood pressure... a bit high, but we can proceed configure: checking whether apxs is available... checking for --with-apxs... no checking for apxs in /usr/local/apache/sbin... no checking for apxs in your PATH... checking for apxs... no checking for apxs2 in your PATH... checking for apxs2... no configure: WARNING: **** apxs was not found, DSO compilation will not be available. configure: WARNING: **** You can use --with-apxs to specify where your apxs is. configure: error: Neither static nor DSO option available, there is no point in continuing. ------------->8=========== configure using target version of apxs: ------------->8=========== ./configure --build=i586-cross-linux-gnu --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --prefix=/f15_nsb \ --with-apxs=/f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... yes checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ar... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for main in -lm... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking your blood pressure... a bit high, but we can proceed configure: checking whether apxs is available... checking for --with-apxs... /f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs executable, good checking Apache version... cannot open /usr/local/conf/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs line 218. cannot open /usr/local/conf/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs line 218. running %/% cannot open /usr/local/conf/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs line 218. cannot open /usr/local/conf/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /f15_nsb/usr/local/bin/apxs line 218. ./configure: line 2714: /: is a directory configure: error: This version of mod_python only works with Apache 2. The one you have seems to be . ------------->8=========== -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/tra --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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