IMPORTANT NOTE: 1.2.1 and Solaris

If you are running 1.2.1 on any version of Solaris 2.x before 2.6, there is a bug in Solaris that causes Apache to fail when it trys to restart after receiving a HUP signal. For information on workarounds, please see PR#832.

Apache 1.2.1 Released

The second release in the 1.2 series is now available. Apache 1.2.1 is a maintenance release with numerous small bug fixes. For details, see the CHANGES file.

For information about new features in 1.2, see the documentation.

Compilation note:

Apache 1.2 uses regular expressions for several modules, such as mod_rewrite. Since system-level "regex" support isn't consistent across platforms, we have provided Henry Spencer's regex library as a part of the Apache distribution, but have taken pains to only use it if the platform requires it. Since we don't have access to all operating systems out there, we may not have correctly defined the "WANTHSREGEX" #define for a given platform. If you get a warning about a missing 'regex.h', set WANTHSREGEX=yes in the 'Configuration', and send a message to [email protected] indicating you needed to do this for your platform. Include the output of the command "uname -a". Thanks!

Binary Releases

Are available in the binaries/ directory.

PGP Signatures

Many of the distribution kits have been digitally signed (using PGP) by the Apache Group members that constructed them. If so, there will be an accompanying distribution.asc file in the same directory as the distribution. The PGP keys can be found in the distribution directory at <http://www.apache.org/dist/KEYS>, and in the KEYS file after unpacking the distribution.

Contributory Patches/Modules/Code

Are available in the contrib/ directory.

Official Patches

When we have patches to a minor bug or two, or features which we haven't yet included in a new release, we will put them in the patches subdirectory so people can get access to it before we roll another complete release.

Unofficial patches (things we are not yet sure about including) are in the contributed patches directory.