Re: [mp2] Documentation patch for install.pod

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William McKee wrote:

>>It's never the case. In the case of DSO it never happens. In the case of 
>>static build Apache server is built during 'make'.
>>as you say above, it's not the case with DSO.
> 
> 
> Yeah, that makes sense now. In the case of static mod_perl builds, is
> there any reason to run make && make install while getting apache source
> files ready? It seems like I could just do the configure part then let
> mod_perl build the server from there.

1) if you build a DSO mod_perl. You must have the Apache installed 
*before* you start building mod_perl.

2) if you build a static mod_perl, it'll configure and make Apache for you.

So you should never manually touch the Apache tree during the mod_perl build.

>>Why do you say so? It should work fine under root. If it doesn't, it 
>>should be fixed rather than documented. please follow the usual routine
>>as explained here: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/
> 
> 
> This was my experience and I faintly remembered you suggesting that
> Apache::Test should not be run as root so surmised that that was my
> problem. Right now, I do not have time to track down this error. If I
> can repeat it at a later time, I will file a proper bug report.

You should not run it *from under /root directory or similar*, but as long 
as you run from somewhere where non-root user can access files (e.g. 
/tmp), running as 'root' should work just fine.


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