I want to install mod_expires in our Apache2.2.9 as a DSO. My Apache has mod_so and is installed in /home/apache_229bis My Apache sources are in /home/wins/builds/src/other/httpd-2.2.9 # /home/apache_229bis/bin/apxs -c /home/wins/builds/src/other/httpd-2.2.9/module s/metadata/mod_expires.c creates in /home/wins/builds/src/other/httpd-2.2.9/modules/metadata/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Feb 10 15:08 .libs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 823 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.la -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 381 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.lo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30004 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.o -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.slo and in the subdir .libs: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30156 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.la -> ../mod _expires.la -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 824 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.lai -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30004 Feb 10 15:07 mod_expires.o -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30164 Feb 10 15:08 mod_expires.so The next step is: # /home/apache_229bis/bin/apxs -i -a mod_expires.la apxs:Error: Sorry, cannot determine bootstrap symbol name. apxs:Error: Please specify one with option `-n'. OK, I try with an option -n (tried with "expires" with or without "") # /home/apache_229bis/bin/apxs -i -a -n "expires" mod_expires.la /home/apache_229bis/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/home/apache_229bis/build/libto ol' mod_expires.la /home/apache_229bis/modules /home/apache_229bis/build/libtool --mode=install cp mod_expires.la /home/apache_ 229bis/modules/ libtool: install: `mod_expires.la' is not a valid libtool archive Try `libtool --help --mode=install' for more information. apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536 What's wrong here and how to solve this ? Thanx for any help... mod_expires.la contains: ----------------------------------------------- # mod_expires.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.26 (1.1220.2.492 2008/01/30 06:40:56) # # Please DO NOT delete this file! # It is necessary for linking the library. # The name that we can dlopen(3). dlname='mod_expires.so' # Names of this library. library_names='mod_expires.so mod_expires.so mod_expires.so' # The name of the static archive. old_library='mod_expires.a' # Libraries that this one depends upon. dependency_libs='' # Version information for mod_expires. current=0 age=0 revision=0 # Is this an already installed library? installed=no # Should we warn about portability when linking against -modules? shouldnotlink=yes # Files to dlopen/dlpreopen dlopen='' dlpreopen='' # Directory that this library needs to be installed in: libdir='/home/apache_229bis/modules' ----------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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