Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 Express 2 (Software Release C.65.02) (30216-90322)

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Technical Articles

Apache 1.3.9 for MPE/iX

By Barbara Dubbert

Commercial Systems Division

Apache 1.3.9 for MPE/iX is based on Apache 1.3.9 from the Apache Software Foundation. It

is an upgrade to Apache 1.3.4 for MPE/iX with added enhancements such as DSO

capability, an extended API (EAPI), and additional compiled-in modules.

Release Information

Apache 1.3.9 for MPE/iX is available as an individual patch for 6.0 or 6.5 from the HP

Response Center. It is not part of the Express 2 release.

System Requirements and Patches

Apache 1.3.9 for MPE/iX requires the following:

• MPE/iX 6.0 or 6.5

• General Release Patch MPEKXU3F or supersedes (Release 6.0 only)

It is highly recommended that you also install the latest Network Services Transport

patch (NSTxxxxx). The following patches ﬁx a corruption problem when displaying large

CGI output over a slow connection:

• NSTFDR1A or supersedes (Release 6.0)

• NSTFDR2A or supersedes (Release 6.5)

The following patches are optional. You may want to install one or more of these:

• MPELX36 - This ﬁx makes it possible to shut down or restart Apache using the kill

command as MANAGER.SYS. The kill command can be used without this ﬁx if the

user is logged on as WWW.APACHE (Release 6.0 only).

• MPELX37 - This ﬁx addresses several problems in the TAR utility. Without this ﬁx,

ﬁles restored from the TAR tape will not have their permissions restored for an existing

ﬁle on the target system. This could cause problems when updating from Apache

versions earlier than 1.3.4 or where the ﬁle permissions or ﬁle ownership have been

changed. (Release 6.0 and 6.5).

• MPELX44 - This ﬁx provides the capability to use Dynamic Shared Objects (DSOs). It

is necessary for running Java Servlets for MPE/iX or any user-designed DSOs (Release

6.0 and 6.5).

• MPELX51 - This ﬁx makes it possible to shut down or restart Apache using the kill

command as MGR.APACHE. The kill command can be used without this ﬁx if the user

is logged on as WWW.APACHE (Release 6.0 and 6.5).

• MPELXC6 - This ﬁx needs to be installed if the following error message occurs and

MPELX44 is already installed on your system . “An invalid pointer was detected by

VIRTUAL SPACE MANAGEMENT.” This situation occurs when trying to load DSOs