Apache13+mod_ssl and mod_php4 core dumping

[Guy Helmer]

Vonleigh Simmons wrote:

>> I believe I had to build apache+mod_ssl with the 
>> "APACHE_WITHOUT_EXPAT=YES" configuration to resolve this.  ISTR that 
>> php's built-in expat conflicted with Apache's.
>
>
>     Makes sense. At first I couldn't update it because of conflicts 
> with older versions of expat and libtool. After some deinstalling and 
> reinstalling it finally compiled and that's when the core dumps started.
>
>     What does expat for apache do? What things will be different and 
> what problems could I run into by compiling it without expat?  Last, 
> since I'm fairly new at this, all I have to do is:
>
> make APACHE_WITHOUT_EXPAT=YES
>
>     Or is it more involved?  Thanks.
>
I'm not sure what the built-in expat provides.  On my systems, Apache 
works OK without it.

I've set APACHE_WITHOUT_EXPAT=YES in /etc/make.conf so it will always be 
set when I rebuild Apache.  It will work to set it on the command line, 
also.

Guy