Re: [BULK] Re: [WebDNA] [BULK] Mac OS X LION has no FastCGI

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2011


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texte = Here a temporary solution to install the FastCGI module in Lion curl -O -L = http://opensource.apple.com/source/FastCGI/FastCGI-4/fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz tar xzf fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz cd fcgi-2.4.0/ cp Makefile.AP2 Makefile CFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include -O2 -pipe $ARCH" ; \ CPPFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include" ; \ LDFLAGS=3D"-L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib" ; \ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D"/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib" ; \ ./configure --prefix=3D/usr/ make sudo make install - chris On Jul 24, 2011, at 18:16, Kenneth Grome wrote: > There, see Palle? Chris said that WebDNA 7 works under=20 > Apache when using the fastcgi module, so I guess you were=20 > misinformed or worried about nothing. >=20 > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome >=20 >=20 >=20 >> Lion as well as Snow Leopard and all other OSX versions >> are using apache as web server. There is a module >> fastcgi_module (mod_fastcgi.so) for all apache versions >> and if it is not loaded by default on Lion, it is >> certainly no difficult to load or install. So, nothing >> to worry about: WebDNA.fcgi will run just as fine with >> Lion as on almost all other web servers. >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >> On Jul 24, 2011, at 16:30, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote: >>> Hi Kenneth, >>>=20 >>> Thank you for the sarcasm/irony. Besides being >>> entertained by your reply I do not find it useful >>> whatsoever. >>>=20 >>> I have chosen to use Mac as a platform for web >>> development as has many others. WSC has chosen to >>> support the Mac platform as well as other platforms, >>> which I appreciate. >>>=20 >>> So now I just wanted to inform the community that there >>> is no FCGI in Lion and at the same time ask for the >>> WSC's official opinion on the challenge at hand. >>>=20 >>> I rest my case and wish you a good day Kenneth, no >>> matter what platform you choose. I am here to be a >>> part of the community - not trying to have a war on >>> platforms. >>>=20 >>> Palle >>>=20 >>> On 24/07/2011, at 21.16, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>>>> It seems like Apple has chosen not to include FastCGI >>>>> as an option in Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Lion >>>>> Server. >>>>=20 >>>> Big deal. Hardly anyone uses Mac servers any more >>>> these days anyways, do they? >>>>=20 >>>> Even if they do, why bother upgrading just because a >>>> new version is released? If the version you're >>>> currently using works fine, just keep using it! >>>>=20 >>>> Or better yet, why not switch to Linux? >>>>=20 >>>> The vast majority of the world's web servers run Linux >>>> these days anyways. Maybe you should try it. Then >>>> you won't have to worry about Apple's strange >>>> decisions any more. >>>>=20 >>>> I'm actually surprised that Apple is still producing >>>> and marketing servers. I heard that they pulled the >>>> plug on that division and were no longer producing or >>>> selling server hardware or software ... but maybe >>>> they just cut the server division's funding so much >>>> that the dev team didn't have the resources to >>>> include FastCGI. >>>>=20 >>>> Apple has strangely abandoned other technologies while >>>> they were still in heavy use too, so I'm not >>>> surprised about this. But I fail to see why you're >>>> so determined to stick with Mac servers ... >>>>=20 >>>> Is there something you cannot do on a Linux server >>>> that you can do on a Mac server? Or is it just that >>>> Linux is a new and different platform that you do not >>>> really want to learn? Because believe me, it's not >>>> that hard ... >>>>=20 >>>> When Apple refused to stand behind the last desktop >>>> computer I bought from them several years ago, I >>>> abandoned Apple in favor of Linux -- not only as a >>>> desktop computer but also as a server. It was the >>>> best decision I ever made in my life as a web >>>> developer and server admin. >>>>=20 >>>> Since then I have never felt that I had a good reason >>>> to go back to MacOS. And I was one of the biggest >>>> die-hard Mac fans you could possibly have known back >>>> then, so it was NOT a simple decision for me to >>>> switch! >>>>=20 >>>> Yet after I made the switch I realized how much I was >>>> missing in the Mac-only environment -- and how much >>>> more it was costing me financially. =46rom that point >>>> on I have always felt very, very good about my >>>> decision to switch. >>>>=20 >>>>> Knowing that the Lion has just been set free, I would >>>>> like to ask WSC on their position; what can we expect >>>>> from your side... >>>>=20 >>>> I'm not WSC but my guess is that your choices are >>>> simple: >>>>=20 >>>> 1- Write your own FastCGI module for your Lion server >>>> so you can use WebDNA 7. >>>>=20 >>>> 2- Keep using WebDNA 6.2 on your Lion server so you do >>>> not need FastCGI. >>>>=20 >>>> 3- Get a Linux server and run WebDNA 7 and future >>>> versions of WebDNA on it. >>>>=20 >>>> 4- Abandon WebDNA in favor of some other server side >>>> scripting language that will run on your Lion server. >>>>=20 >>>> 5- Retire so you don't have to reply on companies like >>>> Apple or WSC to do what you want them to do any more. >>>>=20 >>>> 6- Another option I have not considered ... ??? >>>>=20 >>>> Good luck whatever you do. >>>>=20 >>>> :) >>>>=20 >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Kenneth Grome >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>> --- This message is sent to you because you are >>>> subscribed to the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>=20 >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- This message is sent to you because you are >>> subscribed to the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
Here a temporary solution to install the FastCGI module in Lion curl -O -L = http://opensource.apple.com/source/FastCGI/FastCGI-4/fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz tar xzf fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz cd fcgi-2.4.0/ cp Makefile.AP2 Makefile CFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include -O2 -pipe $ARCH" ; \ CPPFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include" ; \ LDFLAGS=3D"-L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib" ; \ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D"/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib" ; \ ./configure --prefix=3D/usr/ make sudo make install - chris On Jul 24, 2011, at 18:16, Kenneth Grome wrote: > There, see Palle? Chris said that WebDNA 7 works under=20 > Apache when using the fastcgi module, so I guess you were=20 > misinformed or worried about nothing. >=20 > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome >=20 >=20 >=20 >> Lion as well as Snow Leopard and all other OSX versions >> are using apache as web server. There is a module >> fastcgi_module (mod_fastcgi.so) for all apache versions >> and if it is not loaded by default on Lion, it is >> certainly no difficult to load or install. So, nothing >> to worry about: WebDNA.fcgi will run just as fine with >> Lion as on almost all other web servers. >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >> On Jul 24, 2011, at 16:30, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote: >>> Hi Kenneth, >>>=20 >>> Thank you for the sarcasm/irony. Besides being >>> entertained by your reply I do not find it useful >>> whatsoever. >>>=20 >>> I have chosen to use Mac as a platform for web >>> development as has many others. WSC has chosen to >>> support the Mac platform as well as other platforms, >>> which I appreciate. >>>=20 >>> So now I just wanted to inform the community that there >>> is no FCGI in Lion and at the same time ask for the >>> WSC's official opinion on the challenge at hand. >>>=20 >>> I rest my case and wish you a good day Kenneth, no >>> matter what platform you choose. I am here to be a >>> part of the community - not trying to have a war on >>> platforms. >>>=20 >>> Palle >>>=20 >>> On 24/07/2011, at 21.16, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>>>> It seems like Apple has chosen not to include FastCGI >>>>> as an option in Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Lion >>>>> Server. >>>>=20 >>>> Big deal. Hardly anyone uses Mac servers any more >>>> these days anyways, do they? >>>>=20 >>>> Even if they do, why bother upgrading just because a >>>> new version is released? If the version you're >>>> currently using works fine, just keep using it! >>>>=20 >>>> Or better yet, why not switch to Linux? >>>>=20 >>>> The vast majority of the world's web servers run Linux >>>> these days anyways. Maybe you should try it. Then >>>> you won't have to worry about Apple's strange >>>> decisions any more. >>>>=20 >>>> I'm actually surprised that Apple is still producing >>>> and marketing servers. I heard that they pulled the >>>> plug on that division and were no longer producing or >>>> selling server hardware or software ... but maybe >>>> they just cut the server division's funding so much >>>> that the dev team didn't have the resources to >>>> include FastCGI. >>>>=20 >>>> Apple has strangely abandoned other technologies while >>>> they were still in heavy use too, so I'm not >>>> surprised about this. But I fail to see why you're >>>> so determined to stick with Mac servers ... >>>>=20 >>>> Is there something you cannot do on a Linux server >>>> that you can do on a Mac server? Or is it just that >>>> Linux is a new and different platform that you do not >>>> really want to learn? Because believe me, it's not >>>> that hard ... >>>>=20 >>>> When Apple refused to stand behind the last desktop >>>> computer I bought from them several years ago, I >>>> abandoned Apple in favor of Linux -- not only as a >>>> desktop computer but also as a server. It was the >>>> best decision I ever made in my life as a web >>>> developer and server admin. >>>>=20 >>>> Since then I have never felt that I had a good reason >>>> to go back to MacOS. And I was one of the biggest >>>> die-hard Mac fans you could possibly have known back >>>> then, so it was NOT a simple decision for me to >>>> switch! >>>>=20 >>>> Yet after I made the switch I realized how much I was >>>> missing in the Mac-only environment -- and how much >>>> more it was costing me financially. =46rom that point >>>> on I have always felt very, very good about my >>>> decision to switch. >>>>=20 >>>>> Knowing that the Lion has just been set free, I would >>>>> like to ask WSC on their position; what can we expect >>>>> from your side... >>>>=20 >>>> I'm not WSC but my guess is that your choices are >>>> simple: >>>>=20 >>>> 1- Write your own FastCGI module for your Lion server >>>> so you can use WebDNA 7. >>>>=20 >>>> 2- Keep using WebDNA 6.2 on your Lion server so you do >>>> not need FastCGI. >>>>=20 >>>> 3- Get a Linux server and run WebDNA 7 and future >>>> versions of WebDNA on it. >>>>=20 >>>> 4- Abandon WebDNA in favor of some other server side >>>> scripting language that will run on your Lion server. >>>>=20 >>>> 5- Retire so you don't have to reply on companies like >>>> Apple or WSC to do what you want them to do any more. >>>>=20 >>>> 6- Another option I have not considered ... ??? >>>>=20 >>>> Good luck whatever you do. >>>>=20 >>>> :) >>>>=20 >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Kenneth Grome >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>> --- This message is sent to you because you are >>>> subscribed to the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>=20 >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- This message is sent to you because you are >>> subscribed to the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us christophe.billiottet@webdna.us

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