From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>
Date: 2007-01-23T16:21:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Is mod_fastcgi really required for Ruby/Apache 2?

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to install the latest version of Ruby to work with a
> just-newly installed Apache 2.2 module on my x86 Fedora Core 5 Linux
> machine.  I read
> (http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnFedora) that
> mod_fastcgi is required, but when I download, copy the appropriate
> Makefile and try to make, I get errors (see below if you're really
> interested).  I also notice that the latest version of mod_fastcgi is
> dated 2004.  Is this truly required or can I skip this step?

mod_fastcgi has a *lot* of issues that can trip you up, including long-
running processes becoming zombies and enigmatic IPC timeouts. Since
you're running on apache 2, I recommend mod_fcgid instead. Much more
stable.

Daniel