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Date: 31 Jan 2002 16:08:09 -0000
From: Clay Campbell <clay@incogen.com>
Reply-To: clay@incogen.com
To: submit@bugz.apache.org
Subject: configure argument --prefix must be after the --activate argument
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>Number:         9666
>Category:       config
>Synopsis:       configure argument --prefix must be after the --activate argument
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 31 08:10:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     clay@incogen.com
>Release:        1.3.23
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
*NIX specifically linux red 7.2 or solaris 7 - 8
>Description:
I haven't run into this problem in previous versions of configure for apache.
I think it started in versions 1.3.2x.
I must put the --prefix argument last in the configure command call, otherwise
I get :

Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.23
 + using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout)
configure:Error: invalid option '--activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a'


which I thought to be an error in my initial apache build, but after 
all kinds of wasted time, I found that it was the order of the arguments.

I know this is a small problem, but to a newbie like me ( 2 years of experience installing these packages ) it was a big waste of my time.

What happened?
>How-To-Repeat:
./configure --prefix=/mnt/disk2/incnet/apache --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a
>Fix:
./configure --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a --prefix=/mnt/disk2/incnet/apache
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