On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Michael Powe <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:17:13AM -0500, Eric Covener wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Michael Powe <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > RedHat Linux 64-bit. IHS 7.0, which is based on Apache 2.2.x and uses >> > APR 1.2. >> > >> > I have a module which compiles on this system but loading fails with >> > the error 'wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64'. >> > >> > 'file' indicates that this module and other modules in the directory >> > are 64-bit. Other modules load correctly. >> >> >> You're misreading something, your Apache 2.2 based server is 32-bit >> (see apachectl -V) but your compiler creates 64-bit output by default. >> >> Try adding -Wc,-m32 or -Wc,-m31 (z/Linux) to your apxs invocation. > > Hello, > > Thanks for the reply. It is definitely the case that the module is > being compiled as 64-bit (-m64). What is confusing is that we did > 'file mod_alias.so' in the modules directory and the output is 'ELF > 64-bit' also. > > We did add -Wc,-m32 to apxs, however it doesn't replace the -m64, it > adds -m32 to the command line so that both -m64 and -m32 are there, > which then causes the compiler to self-destruct. That's not really a > feature, but I suppose it's not reasonable for the tool to use -Wc to > replace existing arguments. > > We will use your comment as a starting point. Thanks again. You're probably using apxs from your distros http server instead of the IHS you intend to be using (although this doesn't explain why you see mod_alias as a 64-bit module. Make sure you use an absolute path for apxs for the srver you're installing the module to. -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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