Apache Start Error On Solaris 8

[slen]

I have compiled apache 1.3.24 with the latest PHP on a brand new Soalris 8 install....everything went fine, but I am now getting an error on the apache start as follows....

./apachectl start
httpd: Cannot find ELF
Killed
./apachectl start: httpd could not be started

I cannot find anything in regards to this error...anyone got any suggestions?

 

[dobbyn]

This seems to have something to do with running GNU strip on the executables. Try either re-running strip on the apachectl and other apache executables, or not running it during the initial make.

 

[alunward]

Further to Dobbyn's mail - I had exactly the same problem - Apache 1.3.28 source install on SPARC Solaris 8 (02/02).

I was stumped, and am a non-programmer.

In my kind of language it's apparently to do with a mix of some GNU C compiler stuff and SUN's own C libraries in Solaris 8.

There's an error like this on the GNU archives:

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-07/msg00339.html

Not knowing anything about strip I found it in
/usr/local/bin
and ran it on the httpd executable file which was failing, ie normally in /usr/local/apache/bin
ie run
/usr/local/bin/strip /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd

Hey presto, apache works!

Is anything straightforward on Solaris though?
Best wishes,
Alun