[MODPYTHON-20] mod_python build system ignores apache compile flags

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.3, 3.2.7
• Component/s: core
• Environment: Slackware Linux-10.0, Apache-2.0.53 built with Large File Support.
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Damjan Georgievski
• Created: 17/Feb/05 23:21
• Updated: 22/Oct/05 16:03

Description

My apache package was built with these parameters:
apxs -q CPPFLAGS => -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
apxs -q CFLAGS => -pipe -O2 -march=i486

The problem is that mod_python's build system doesn't honor the CPPFLAGS at all. There's no mention of CPPFLAGS in the ./configure script, nor in the generated Makefiles. I can also see the build command lines as they execute, and they don't include the -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 flags.

When mod_python is compiled like that, apache would seg-fault on the first request - even a request for a static page. I had to mannually tweak the Makefile's after ./configure was done to add those flags and compile a working mod_python.