[Act] Act services moving on a new server

[Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni]

Alex Muntada wrote:

> Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni:
> 
> > I actually already looked Act-out-of-the-box to see how you
> > installed Apache 1.3 + mod_perl 1 on Linux. But I guess that
> > apart from the getline() thing that required a small patch,
> > you didn't run in a link problem like I currently do on FreeBSD.
> > If I can get it to work under FreeBSD, I'll switch to Linux
> > as well.
> 
> I'm the author of that patch, so I know where it comes from... ;)
> 
> If memory serves, I tried to compile the apache+mod_perl bundle
> first in Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) and I got lots of compiling errors
> like yours. I think I tried with Ubuntu Precise (12.04) and it
> failed too.
> 
> Then I decided to try the oldest Ubuntu release that had a GCC
> version as old as the last release of apache1, thus Ubuntu Lucid
> (10.04) came as the base system for my Act-vagrant project, which
> was later used as a baseline for Act-out-of-the-box.
> 
> The problem with lucid is that is no longer maintained and will
> not receive any security updates, so we should find another way.
> On the other hand, apache1 itself isn't receiving any security
> updates either, so lucid could work for now.
> 
> I don't have a FreeBSD box to play with the compiler, I can try
> with a modern Ubuntu version though. But I'm pretty sure that
> patching apache1 to compile with a modern GCC will be a lot of
> work.

I think the same. My current plan is to install an old GCC and
hope it will work.

On the hosting facility I use, the oldest Ubuntu they provide
is 12.04 LTS. They also provide Debian 6 squeeze.


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Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni

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