Re: [cobalt-users] Mod_gzip & Apache 'ap_regexec()'

["Steve Bassi" <steve@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi Christian...
> This is Kevin Kiley...
>
> The error you are seeing is correct.
>
> The version of Apache you are trying to run is so ANCIENT
> it doesn't even have the 'ap_regexec()' Apache regular
> expression parsing API call in it. I believe it was added
> somewhere around 1.3.7 ( some years back ).
>
> Just upgrade to something other than an ANCIENT version
> of Apache and all should be well.
>
> Use 1.3.12 or 1.3.19 and don't bother with anything in-between
> those versions. They were all 'bad' releases of Apache.
>
> Caveat: Even now... some platforms do NOT support the
> Apache mod_so dynamic module loading. If that remains
> the case with your system then all you have to do is compile
> mod_gzip.c into the 'core' Apache as a 'built-in' module.
>
> So is this true?? What is the method on built-in. I am assuming this means
> recompile apache?? Not for this guy, considering how Cobalt has everything
> so chained and locked down.
>
> I am willing to try other methods.
>
> Dave
>

There is a way to do it on a RAQ3 , I just forgot how to ...

The guy that came up with the fix, (Chris Burton) is not online right now,
as soon as I see him, I will ask and mail back to the list.

Rgds

Bassi