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conmkj
Joined: 29 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Wed 29 Sep '10 17:13 Post subject: Why Compile? |
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Folks,
Why would someone want to compile their own version of Apache?
Is there some benefit? |
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Kanashii
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 155
Location: Porando
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eq Linux Gentoo
Gentoo Linux was initially created by Daniel Robbins as the Enoch Linux distribution. The goal was to create a distribution without precompiled binaries that was tuned to the hardware and only included requiredprograms.[3] At least one version of Enoch was distributed: version 0.75, in December 1999.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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um .... because you can?
I started compiling Apache because long long ago it was the only way to get SSL. That has changed in the past years but there may still be a few reasons:
You want to use newer versions of OpenSSL and keep them up-to-date.
You find a fix to a nagging bug giving YOU grief in the Bugzilla that has not been incorporated into the released code.
Bugzilla is also used for feature requests, you find one you like and do not want to wait till it gets incorporated, if it ever does.
Real world example of the last one was TLS SNI, I was using it over a year before it got incorporated into 2.2.12.
did I mention because you can? |
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VoodooMill
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
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| I too started compiling way back when you had to for SSL. I continue to compile for compression (mod_deflate). |
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