Compiling makes .so instead of .dll?

[GrodanBoll]

Hi

I'm tring to compile mod_rewrite to a dll-file.
The problem is when I compile the mod_rewrite.dsp in Visual Studio or use the 'nmake'-command to the mod_rewrite.mak in dos-mode it only creates a mod_rewrite.so-file??
In the .mak file you can read that it should make a .so-file, but what do I do when I need a .dll-file instead?

I'm working with the Apache v 1.3.23 and i'm sitting on a Win 2000.

Plz help me...

/Grodan

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Well, if you look in the modules subdirectory of a standard win32 binary install you will see mod_rewrite (and others) as .so files. Also the makefile.win in the src directory clearly refers to copying .so files :

[snip]
copy $(LONG)\Apache.exe "$(INSTDIR)"
copy $(LONG)\ApacheCore.dll "$(INSTDIR)"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\Win9xConHook.dll "$(INSTDIR)"
copy lib\expat-lite\$(LONG)\xmltok.dll "$(INSTDIR)"
copy lib\expat-lite\$(LONG)\xmlparse.dll "$(INSTDIR)"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_status.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_info.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_auth_anon.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_digest.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_cern_meta.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_expires.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_headers.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
copy os\win32\$(LONG)\mod_rewrite.so "$(INSTDIR)\modules"
[/snip]


I presume that means win32 apache has code to load .so files into memory in a way that emulates dlls and that, therefore, you don't actually need a dll.

I'm not too familiar with the win32 side but thats how it looks to me. In case you havn't seen it, the win32 compile instructions are here -->

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/win_compiling.html

Hope this helps