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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 23 |
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@@ -78,24 +78,13 @@ To provide maximum flexibility Apache now is able to load modules under runtime via the DSO mechanism by using the - pragmatic dlopen()/dlsym() system calls. These system calls + pragmatic apr_dso_open()/apr_dso_sym() calls. These calls are not available under all operating systems therefore you - cannot use the DSO mechanism on all platforms. And Apache - currently has only limited built-in knowledge on how to - compile shared objects because this is heavily - platform-dependent. The current state is this: - - o Out-of-the-box supported platforms are (Not all of these - will work currently. DSO support is currently available on - most of these platforms however): - - Linux - SunOS - UnixWare - Darwin/Mac OS - - FreeBSD - Solaris - AIX - OpenStep/Mach - - OpenBSD - IRIX - SCO - DYNIX/ptx - - NetBSD - HPUX - ReliantUNIX - - BSDI - Digital Unix - DGUX - - o Entirely unsupported platforms are: - - Ultrix + cannot use the DSO mechanism on all platforms. Apache relies + on autoconf to detect the ability to use DSOs, and libtool to + determine how to build DSOs. If your platform is supported by + libtool, and we can find DSO system calls, then DSOs should + work out-of-the-box. If your system is not on these lists but has the dlopen-style interface, you either have to provide the appropriate compiler |