From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@...>
Date: 2007-01-24T02:23:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Is mod_fastcgi really required for Ruby/Apache 2?

* laredotornado@zipmail.com (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?

You can use an application server like mongrel and just use
mod_proxy(_balancer) if you like.  I tend to prefer this to faffing
about with FastCGI application managers or fcgi.rb hacks to support
external servers.

> mod_fastcgi.c: In function 'init_module':
> mod_fastcgi.c:271: error: 'ap_null_cleanup' undeclared (first use in
> this function)

Apache 2.2 drops the ap_* functions (or rather, the mapping of ap_* to
apr_*).  You can either replace them with the appropriate apr functions,
or use this patch:

http://fastcgi.com/archives/fastcgi-developers/2005-December/004060.html

Which pretty much does the same thing.

-- 
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
    http://hur.st/