Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 808546
apr and apr-util versions are too far behind for modern Apache
Last modified: 2012-05-11 16:27:55 EDT
Description of problem: While one does not expect RedHat to always offer the latest version of Apache's httpd itself, the components needed to build the server locally are just too far out of date to be reasonable. The latest releases of both Apache-2.2.x and Apache-2.4.x branches require apr-1.4.x Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Both apr and apu are 1.2.7 and need updating to 1.4.x How reproducible: Try building the latest Apache using the system-provided apr/apr-util Steps to Reproduce: 1. ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config 2. gmake -j4 3. Actual results: Build failure. Expected results: Build succeeding. Additional info: The work-around, of course, is to use apr and apr-util bundled in the Apache source. But that's not a good practice and a resort for those, who are forced to use systems with poor support of third-party software... RedHat should do better.
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I'm not expecting "bleeding edge". But shipping 1.2, when 1.4 has been available for several years is a bug, in my not so humble opinion. Had you offered version 1.3, it would've been acceptable. But 1.2 was just long old ago...