Thanks for your comments. The issue with the Apache version (even if it was patched to 2.0.48) is that security programs check httpd and think it is 2.0.40. Therefore they complain. (Websphere and JRun complain at install time because they will not install unless you have 2.0.45 or later installed. So you cannot deploy Websphere or JRun on RH9 until you solve the Apache problem. Tomcat and other app servers have similar problems with the Apache connector in 2.0.40). I agree with your knee-jerk reaction. The problem is that three Linux admins have been on the problem for a week and cannot make any headroom. Note that we can all compile Apache on any other Linux/UNIX and it works fine. (and each have done so many times in the last years) We even tried to patch 2.0.40 at one time but we only managed to break it. My guess is that someone at RedHat tried to patch or install a later version then 2.0.40 on RH9. They either know how to do it, or know why it does not work. This info would save me all the $$ we are hemorraging with RH9. Never had any issues like this with other *nix's. I would actually trade this problem for a compile problem anyday. (Never thought I would say that) Thanks, Al -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:36 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Can you use Apache with RH9? At 12:21 11/3/2003, you wrote: >Anyone using Apache (post 2.0.40) on RH9? Two friends of mine are doing so; I prefer to use RPM. >Need the latest version of Apache. > >RH9 comes with 2.0.40 - which has a number of security fixes missing. To ensure continued compatibility for users of an RHL version like 9, Red Hat backports security fixes to the version it released. So instead of releasing a 2.0.40 then .45 then .47 Apache, they will take the security and bug fixes (not new features) from the newer package and put them into the 2.0.40 source, producing a newer 2.0.40 errata release. Do not conclude that it is broken just because it is 2.0.40. >RH tells me that only Apache with RPM's will work, and they only have an RPM >for 2.0.40. I have trouble believing that, since it is obvious to all that you can compile and run damn near anything on any version of Red Hat Linux. However, I can perfectly well believe that RH support would tell you that they would only SUPPORT Apache with RPM's and that they will not speak to or comment on anything else. This is so that they don't spend money answering questions about products they didn't provide and where the compiling process introduces nearly infinite variety (and nearly infinite possible points of failure). >When you install Apache or build from source (any 2.x version) on RH9 it >will run but not work. (see the listeners but no response) Knee-jerk response: you are doing something wrong. Red Hat has not intentionally broken any non-RPM, compiled-from-source software; that's absurd. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
