Re: [cobalt-users] mod_gzip.c

["Steve Bassi" <steve@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kameel" <kameel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:02 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] mod_gzip.c


> Heya,
>
> I read on UK2Raq.com that this was a really nifty module to install, and
> that it sped up your page download times considerably by using on the fly
> compression ( URL: http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=113 ).
>
> So I tried the install procedure that it lists, the only thing is, after
> the second command is run ( /usr/sbin/apxs -i -a -c mod_gzip.c ) the
system
> complains lots about bad syntax and unexpected characters, then around
line
> 9000-ish it halts with a break from apache.
>
> The mod_gzip.so is not created (I assume thats what it was doing).
>
> Is there another version of the mod_gzip.c that I should be downloading ?
> Or are these instructions simply out of date ??
>
> Thanks,
> Kam.
>
>

mod_gzip has been updated and is at a new sourceforge site.

try the following, should work ok

su
cd /tmp
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mod-gzip/mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a.tgz
tar -xvzf mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a.tgz
cd mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a
make APXS=/usr/sbin/apxs
make install APXS=/usr/sbin/apxs

then follow http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=113 from Now
edit the apache config file

Bassi