Re: [Mingw-users] building mod_cplusplus

[Michael G. <mg...@ti...>]

Greg told you:
> > I would guess that
> >   -L"C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/lib"
> > indicates where the missing library might be found. If a file
> > such as 'libhttpd.a' exists in that directory, then maybe the
> > spaces in the path are the problem? But that doesn't seem to
> > make sense because 'ld' doesn't report any trouble with '-lapr-1',
> > which presumably resides in the same place.
> >  =20
> I did not found any library file with extension .a in the Apache=20
> installation folder.

And that is a strong indication as to the source of your problem.

> With the -Wl, --verbose option it outputs more lines and it finds the=20
> httpd and apr-1 libraries.

That output tells us where the problem is:
[lots of lines snipped]
> attempt to open C:/Program Files/Apache Software=20
> Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/libapr-1.dll.a failed
> attempt to open C:/Program Files/Apache Software=20
> Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/apr-1.dll.a failed
> attempt to open C:/Program Files/Apache Software=20
> Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/libapr-1.a failed
> attempt to open C:/Program Files/Apache Software=20
> Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/apr-1.lib failed
> attempt to open C:/Program Files/Apache Software=20
> Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/libapr-1.dll succeeded
[similar lines for libhttpd.dll snipped]

Apparently on you system there is _NO_ importlib for apr-1 (and httpd)
but only the corresponding DLLs. This is not a problem if these DLLs
had been created with MinGW. However I assume they had been created
with some version of M$ VC++. I also suspect in
"C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/lib" you'll
find importlibs named libapr-1.lib and libhttpd.lib (or something
like that).

If so you could try to rename them (or create copies) to apr-1.lib
and httpd.lib and see whether that solves your problem.

If it doesn't (and odds are it won't) then you'll have to either
create your own set of importlib libapr-1.a and libhttpd.a (or name
them libapr-1.dll.a and libhttpd.dll.a; doesn't really matter) or
search the web for someone else's such importlib.

The process of creating an importlib is described in the MinGWiki in
great detail, e.g. under
http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/CreateImportLibraries

There are also quite a few other pages describing the problem
you are facing as well as providing solutions.

HTH, best,
Michael
=2D-=20
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