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diff --git a/README.cmake b/README.cmake index 182d4575e2..ae0c6631ca 100644 --- a/README.cmake +++ b/README.cmake @@ -132,6 +132,38 @@ How to build 4. build using chosen backend (e.g., "nmake install") +Running the server and support programs +--------------------------------------- + +This build system does not copy binaries such as dlls from other projects +into the httpd install location. Without taking some precautions, httpd +and support programs can fail to start or modules can fail to load because +a support library can't be found in PATH or in the directory of the httpd +binary. + +This can be resolved in several different ways: + +* Install httpd and the various support libraries to a common install + prefix so that support libraries and httpd programs are installed in + the same bin directory and are found without setting PATH. + +* Update PATH to include the bin directories of all necessary support + libraries. + + Depending on where PATH is set, it may not effect starting httpd as + a service. + +* Maintain a script which combines required binaries into a common + location, such as the httpd installion bin directory, and use that + script after building or otherwise installing or updating support + libraries. + +* AVOID THE USE of any unrepeatable process of copying dll files around + from different install locations until something starts working. The + result is that when you later update a support library to pick up a + security fix, httpd will likely continue to use the old, vulnerable + library file. + Known Bugs and Limitations -------------------------- |