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Compiling Apache 2 on Debian Etch

Hi, I am trying to compile Apache 2 on Debian Etch, but I keep getting the following error, even though I have all gcc, g++, cpp, and c++ packages installed.

Code:

APR Version: 1.2.7

checking for chosen layout... apr

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables...

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed

Applying APR hints file rules for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

  setting CPPFLAGS to "-DLINUX=2"

  adding "-D_REENTRANT" to CPPFLAGS

  adding "-D_GNU_SOURCE" to CPPFLAGS

(Default will be unix)

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

See `config.log' for more details.

configure failed for srclib/apr

Any help appreciated
--Jeff

Quote:

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

this means that, there something wrong with the time? do you have the correct time set on your pc? check the time of creation of /lib/cpp

why dont you do it the easy way
apt-get install apache2
that should install all dependencies automatically, and save you the headache.

That is how I have it now, but the thing is that I would like to compile it from source for performance improvements... it is for a web-based in-house order tracking system at our shop, and its based mostly on CGI/perl... also uses some mysql, which I intend to compile from source next, after installing apache. Also, I want to install everything in a custom directory, to help maintaining and version tracking easier.

Apache 2 compiles fine on ubuntu, but I only get this on Debian Etch..

The clock is set to the correct time... I guess Im not sure why that would matter, but is there something else I should check here?

Thanks again for help
--Jeff

In checking the time of creation for /lib/cpp, I also found that /lib/cpp links to /etc/alternatives/cpp

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2006-08-15 19:25 /lib/cpp -> /etc/alternatives/cpp

Would this have anything to do with it?

Thanks again
--Jeff

last time I had a sanity check error it was because of the time on my machine
I had changed the date to 16/8/05,while looking at the calendar and the file on the machine which gave sanity check error was compiled on 16/07/06.
thats the reason I told you to check that.

could you paste config.log here

Sure here it is

Code:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while

running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.



It was created by configure, which was

generated by GNU Autoconf 2.60.  Invocation command line was



  $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/wots/httpd-2.2.3



## --------- ##

## Platform. ##

## --------- ##



hostname = isgserver2006

uname -m = i686

uname -r = 2.6.16-2-686

uname -s = Linux

uname -v = #1 Sat Jul 15 21:59:21 UTC 2006



/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown

/bin/uname -X    = unknown



/bin/arch              = i686

/usr/bin/arch -k      = unknown

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown

/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown

/bin/machine          = unknown

/usr/bin/oslevel      = unknown

/bin/universe          = unknown



PATH: /usr/local/sbin

PATH: /usr/local/bin

PATH: /usr/sbin

PATH: /usr/bin

PATH: /sbin

PATH: /bin

PATH: /usr/bin/X11





## ----------- ##

## Core tests. ##

## ----------- ##



configure:2255: checking for chosen layout

configure:2257: result: Apache

configure:3053: checking for working mkdir -p

configure:3069: result: yes

configure:3086: checking build system type

configure:3104: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

configure:3126: checking host system type

configure:3141: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

configure:3163: checking target system type

configure:3178: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

configure:3250: checking for APR

configure:3332: result: reconfig



## ---------------- ##

## Cache variables. ##

## ---------------- ##



ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

ac_cv_env_CC_set=

ac_cv_env_CC_value=

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPP_set=

ac_cv_env_CPP_value=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=

ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=

ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=

ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

ac_cv_mkdir_p=yes

ac_cv_target=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1



## ----------------- ##

## Output variables. ##

## ----------------- ##



APACHECTL_ULIMIT=''

APR_BINDIR=''

APR_CONFIG=''

APR_INCLUDEDIR=''

APR_VERSION=''

APU_BINDIR=''

APU_CONFIG=''

APU_INCLUDEDIR=''

APU_VERSION=''

AP_BUILD_SRCLIB_DIRS=''

AP_CLEAN_SRCLIB_DIRS=''

AP_LIBS=''

AWK=''

BUILTIN_LIBS=''

CC=''

CFLAGS=''

CORE_IMPLIB=''

CORE_IMPLIB_FILE=''

CPP=''

CPPFLAGS=''

CXX=''

CXXFLAGS=''

DEFS=''

DSO_MODULES=''

ECHO_C=''

ECHO_N='-n'

ECHO_T=''

EGREP=''

EXEEXT=''

EXTRA_CFLAGS=''

EXTRA_CPPFLAGS=''

EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=''

EXTRA_INCLUDES=''

EXTRA_LDFLAGS=''

EXTRA_LIBS=''

GREP=''

HTTPD_LDFLAGS=''

HTTPD_VERSION=''

INCLUDES=''

INSTALL=''

INSTALL_DSO=''

INSTALL_PROG_FLAGS=''

LDFLAGS=''

LIBOBJS=''

LIBS=''

LIBTOOL=''

LN_S=''

LTCFLAGS=''

LTFLAGS=''

LTLIBOBJS=''

LT_LDFLAGS=''

LYNX_PATH=''

MKDEP=''

MKINSTALLDIRS=''

MK_IMPLIB=''

MODULE_CLEANDIRS=''

MODULE_DIRS=''

MOD_ACTIONS_LDADD=''

MOD_ALIAS_LDADD=''

MOD_ASIS_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHNZ_LDAP_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_ALIAS_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_ANON_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_DBD_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_DBM_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_DEFAULT_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHN_FILE_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_DBM_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_DEFAULT_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_GROUPFILE_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_HOST_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_OWNER_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTHZ_USER_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTH_BASIC_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTH_DIGEST_LDADD=''

MOD_AUTOINDEX_LDADD=''

MOD_BUCKETEER_LDADD=''

MOD_CACHE_LDADD=''

MOD_CASE_FILTER_IN_LDADD=''

MOD_CASE_FILTER_LDADD=''

MOD_CERN_META_LDADD=''

MOD_CGID_LDADD=''

MOD_CGI_LDADD=''

MOD_CHARSET_LITE_LDADD=''

MOD_DAV_FS_LDADD=''

MOD_DAV_LDADD=''

MOD_DAV_LOCK_LDADD=''

MOD_DBD_LDADD=''

MOD_DEFLATE_LDADD=''

MOD_DIR_LDADD=''

MOD_DISK_CACHE_LDADD=''

MOD_DUMPIO_LDADD=''

MOD_ECHO_LDADD=''

MOD_ENV_LDADD=''

MOD_EXAMPLE_LDADD=''

MOD_EXPIRES_LDADD=''

MOD_EXT_FILTER_LDADD=''

MOD_FILE_CACHE_LDADD=''

MOD_FILTER_LDADD=''

MOD_HEADERS_LDADD=''

MOD_HTTP_LDADD=''

MOD_IDENT_LDADD=''

MOD_IMAGEMAP_LDADD=''

MOD_INCLUDE_LDADD=''

MOD_INFO_LDADD=''

MOD_ISAPI_LDADD=''

MOD_LDAP_LDADD=''

MOD_LOGIO_LDADD=''

MOD_LOG_CONFIG_LDADD=''

MOD_LOG_FORENSIC_LDADD=''

MOD_MEM_CACHE_LDADD=''

MOD_MIME_LDADD=''

MOD_MIME_MAGIC_LDADD=''

MOD_NEGOTIATION_LDADD=''

MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_EXPORT_LDADD=''

MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_IMPORT_LDADD=''

MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_EXPORT_LDADD=''

MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_IMPORT_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_AJP_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_BALANCER_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_CONNECT_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_FTP_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_HTTP_LDADD=''

MOD_PROXY_LDADD=''

MOD_REWRITE_LDADD=''

MOD_SETENVIF_LDADD=''

MOD_SO_LDADD=''

MOD_SPELING_LDADD=''

MOD_SSL_LDADD=''

MOD_STATUS_LDADD=''

MOD_SUEXEC_LDADD=''

MOD_UNIQUE_ID_LDADD=''

MOD_USERDIR_LDADD=''

MOD_USERTRACK_LDADD=''

MOD_VERSION_LDADD=''

MOD_VHOST_ALIAS_LDADD=''

MPM_LIB=''

MPM_NAME=''

MPM_SUBDIR_NAME=''

NOTEST_CFLAGS=''

NOTEST_CPPFLAGS=''

NOTEST_CXXFLAGS=''

NOTEST_LDFLAGS=''

NOTEST_LIBS=''

OBJEXT=''

OS=''

OS_DIR=''

OS_SPECIFIC_VARS=''

PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''

PACKAGE_NAME=''

PACKAGE_STRING=''

PACKAGE_TARNAME=''

PACKAGE_VERSION=''

PATH_SEPARATOR=':'

PCRE_CONFIG=''

PICFLAGS=''

PILDFLAGS=''

PKGCONFIG=''

PORT=''

POST_SHARED_CMDS=''

PRE_SHARED_CMDS=''

RANLIB=''

RM=''

RSYNC=''

SHELL='/bin/sh'

SHLIBPATH_VAR=''

SHLTCFLAGS=''

SH_LDFLAGS=''

SH_LIBS=''

SH_LIBTOOL=''

SSL_LIBS=''

UTIL_LDFLAGS=''

ab_LTFLAGS=''

abs_srcdir=''

ac_ct_CC=''

ap_make_delimiter=''

ap_make_include=''

bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'

build='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'

build_alias=''

build_cpu='i686'

build_os='linux-gnulibc1'

build_vendor='pc'

cgidir='${datadir}/cgi-bin'

checkgid_LTFLAGS=''

datadir='${prefix}'

datarootdir='${prefix}/share'

docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE}'

dvidir='${docdir}'

errordir='${datadir}/error'

exec_prefix='${prefix}'

exp_bindir='/usr/local/apache2/bin'

exp_cgidir='/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin'

exp_datadir='/usr/local/apache2'

exp_errordir='/usr/local/apache2/error'

exp_exec_prefix='/usr/local/apache2'

exp_htdocsdir='/usr/local/apache2/htdocs'

exp_iconsdir='/usr/local/apache2/icons'

exp_includedir='/usr/local/apache2/include'

exp_installbuilddir='/usr/local/apache2/build'

exp_libdir='/usr/local/apache2/lib'

exp_libexecdir='/usr/local/apache2/modules'

exp_localstatedir='/usr/local/apache2'

exp_logfiledir='/usr/local/apache2/logs'

exp_mandir='/usr/local/apache2/man'

exp_manualdir='/usr/local/apache2/manual'

exp_proxycachedir='/usr/local/apache2/proxy'

exp_runtimedir='/usr/local/apache2/logs'

exp_sbindir='/usr/local/apache2/bin'

exp_sysconfdir='/usr/local/apache2/conf'

host='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'

host_alias=''

host_cpu='i686'

host_os='linux-gnulibc1'

host_vendor='pc'

htdbm_LTFLAGS=''

htdigest_LTFLAGS=''

htdocsdir='${datadir}/htdocs'

htmldir='${docdir}'

htpasswd_LTFLAGS=''

iconsdir='${datadir}/icons'

includedir='${prefix}/include'

infodir='${datarootdir}/info'

installbuilddir='${datadir}/build'

libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'

libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/modules'

localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'

localstatedir='${prefix}'

logfiledir='${localstatedir}/logs'

logresolve_LTFLAGS=''

mandir='${prefix}/man'

manualdir='${datadir}/manual'

nonssl_listen_stmt_1=''

nonssl_listen_stmt_2=''

oldincludedir='/usr/include'

other_targets=''

pdfdir='${docdir}'

perlbin=''

prefix='/usr/local/apache2'

progname=''

program_transform_name='s,x,x,'

proxycachedir='${localstatedir}/proxy'

psdir='${docdir}'

rel_bindir='bin'

rel_cgidir='cgi-bin'

rel_datadir=''

rel_errordir='error'

rel_exec_prefix=''

rel_htdocsdir='htdocs'

rel_iconsdir='icons'

rel_includedir='include'

rel_installbuilddir='build'

rel_libdir='lib'

rel_libexecdir='modules'

rel_localstatedir=''

rel_logfiledir='logs'

rel_mandir='man'

rel_manualdir='manual'

rel_proxycachedir='proxy'

rel_runtimedir='logs'

rel_sbindir='bin'

rel_sysconfdir='conf'

rotatelogs_LTFLAGS=''

runtimedir='${localstatedir}/logs'

sbindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'

shared_build=''

sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'

sysconfdir='${prefix}/conf'

target='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'

target_alias=''

target_cpu='i686'

target_os='linux-gnulibc1'

target_vendor='pc'



configure: exit 1

--Jeff

I guess I am just not understanding the problem here, I am not sure if there is an specifif error in the config.log... I am probably overlooking something simple.

--Jeff

one thing I noticed here is the link to /lib/cpp should have been somewhere like /usr/bin/cpp.
what happens when you type in the command /lib/cpp?

When typing /lib/cpp, it just hangs there doing nothing until I press Ctrl-Z

appears to be in some sort of infinite loop... this is probably the problem, how could I correct this... there is not /bin/cpp... I have every packing installed containing the words g++, cpp, c++ or gcc from within synaptic, even the -dev, -dbg, -pic etc... I have all libstdc and libstdc++ packages installed, i have build-essential installed as well as all of the recommended packages. Im not sure what else to try.

Thanks again for your input

--Jeff

a new line comes and you can type anything ctrl-c to exit, thats normal. so dont think the problem is there.

Code:

isgserver2006:/home/jeff/httpd-2.2.3# ls /usr/bin | grep cpp

cpp

cpp-2.95

cpp-3.3

cpp-3.4

cpp-4.0

cpp-4.1

i486-linux-gnu-cpp

i486-linux-gnu-cpp-3.3

i486-linux-gnu-cpp-3.4

i486-linux-gnu-cpp-4.0

i486-linux-gnu-cpp-4.1

isgserver2006:/home/jeff/httpd-2.2.3#

I re-linked the /lib/cpp to /usr/bin/cpp and still same error

i have un-installed and purged all g++, c++, cpp and gcc packages, and re-installed all, same error

For the life of me, I cannot find out what this sanity check error means... Nothing is making any difference. Everything I try, same error.

--Jeff

Please, Anyone -- Anything...

Jeff

try installing the devel packages
kernel-devel
gcc-devel
gc++-devel
all those devel packages

Dunno if this will help or not.. or if the error is specific to what you are trying to compile..
http://wiki.lunar-linux.org/index.ph...s_sanity_check

Have you tried using apachetoolbox to compile apache 2 ? I find it eases the pain quite a bit.. but if the problem is in your compile environment I guess it wouldn't help either..
http://www.apachetoolbox.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by grapnell

When typing /lib/cpp, it just hangs there doing nothing until I press Ctrl-Z

When you type "/lib/cpp" of course it's going to just sit there. It's waiting for something to do. Try a more finite command like "/lib/cpp --version".

BTW, ctrl-Z does not kill the running program. It just moves it to the background. It's still running there in the background, still waiting on something to do. Type "fg" to bring the process back to the foreground. Then use ctrl-C to kill it.

Did you figure it out?

I have this same problem... did you ever find the solution?