From d5f75dbb7b6067b603bf39f17d64aa75a1c2bc3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "William A. Rowe Jr" Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:49:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note SSL caviet and installer features in windows platform docs. Drop the symbols/ tree, nothing is installed within it. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@812927 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- Makefile.win | 4 -- docs/manual/platform/windows.xml | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.win b/Makefile.win index b6bcd89403..d72a941443 100644 --- a/Makefile.win +++ b/Makefile.win @@ -742,10 +742,6 @@ _install: -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\lib" -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\logs" -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\modules" - -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\symbols" - -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\symbols\exe" - -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\symbols\dll" - -mkdir "$(INSTDIR)\symbols\so" copy ABOUT_APACHE "$(INSTDIR)\ABOUT_APACHE.txt" <.y copy CHANGES "$(INSTDIR)\CHANGES.txt" <.y copy INSTALL "$(INSTDIR)\INSTALL.txt" <.y diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml index 3aa7d2c9a2..0201798445 100644 --- a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml +++ b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml @@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ single Microsoft Installer file, which contains a ready-to-run build of Apache. There is a separate .zip file, which contains only the source code, see the summary above.

+ +

There is a choice between an *-openssl-*.msi flavor and + a *-no_ssl.msi flavor. The *-openssl-*.msi flavor is distributed + by the Apache Software Foundation under ECCN 5D002 pursuant to + US Export Law license exception TSU. This law may or may not + apply to your circumstance, please review the httpd README as + well as the ASF + Export Classifications and Source Links page. The project + provides no further guidance to third parties in resolving the + legal circumstances which apply in each circumstance.

@@ -154,6 +164,62 @@ should work as installed.

+
+ Advanced Installation Topics + +

One feature of the installer, "Build Headers and Libraries", can be + ignored by most users, but should be installed if compiling third party + modules. The "APR Iconv Code Pages" can similarly be omitted by most + users, unless using mod_charset_lite or a third party + module which relies on APR internationalization features.

+ +

There are requests to ship a .zip file from time to time. There is + no point in the ASF consuming additional storage, mirroring and bandwidth + for this purpose, because the .msi installer allows the installation + artifacts to all be unpacked using the msiexec /a network + installation option. Using this command against any .msi will result + in an exploded tree of all of the individual files and components.

+ +

The installation options above can be customized by users familiar + with msiexec.exe options and silent installation. The actual installer + sources are available in the httpd/httpd/win32-msi/ tree of the httpd + project subversion respository. For reference, some of the more common + variables which may be modified are;

+ + + +

The installation level of various features, which may be individually + toggled, include;

+ + + + +
Customizing Apache for Windows -- 2.40.0