Re: [RFH/PATCH 0/4] git http tests with apache 2.4

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Apache 2.4 recently shipped in Debian unstable, and I noticed that all
> of the git httpd tests stopped working. It turns out that some
> configuration directives have changed between 2.2 and 2.4, and the httpd
> server would not start at all.
>
> With this series, the tests run again (for me, at least). The
> "<IfVersion>" checks hopefully mean that there are no regressions for
> people running 2.2 and lower.
>
> However, the final patch is very unsatisfactory. We have to pick an MPM
> module to mention in the config, but we don't have any idea what's
> available. I suspect what I have provided will work on most Unix-ish
> systems. Under Windows, there is a totally different MPM. But I am not
> sure that our http tests run at all on Windows, as we seem to check in
> lib-httpd.sh for a Unix-ish apache module path.

Thanks.  I think the final one, while it may be unsatisfactory, is a
reasonable (or "least bad") compromise, at least for now.  I do not
think of a better way, without adding "if you want customization,
write a snippet to be included in the configuration used during the
test", which feels way overkill.
>
> As far as I know, Apache does not have a "try to load this module and
> fallback" directive. We could perhaps look in the module directory and
> try to do something clever in the shell before starting Apache. Advice
> from Apache gurus is welcome.
>
>   [1/4]: t/lib-httpd/apache.conf: do not use LockFile in apache >= 2.4
>   [2/4]: t/lib-httpd/apache.conf: load extra auth modules in apache 2.4
>   [3/4]: t/lib-httpd/apache.conf: load compat access module in apache 2.4
>   [4/4]: t/lib-httpd/apache.conf: configure an MPM module for apache 2.4
>
> -Peff