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httpd 2.2 compile funniness

Noticed a few days ago that Apache httpd 2.2 was released, so I grabbed a copy and went through the usual build/compile process.
Everything was going pretty smoothly for a while, then ground to a screeching halt with:

/usr/local/apache2/apr/build-1/libtool –silent –mode=link gcc -g -O2 -pthread -o htpasswd htpasswd.lo -lm /home/eugenem/Temporary/ServerStuff/Apache/httpd-2.2.0/srclib/pcre/libpcre.la /usr/local/apache2/apr-util/lib/libaprutil-1.la -lgdbm -lmysqlclient_r -lexpat /usr/local/apache2/apr/lib/libapr-1.la -luuid -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
/usr/local/apache2/apr-util/lib/libaprutil-1.so: undefined reference to `apr_dbd_mysql_driver’
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [htpasswd] Error 1

Not entirely sure why apr_dbd_mysql_driver isn’t found in libaprutil. Think I might have to go back and see what compile options there are for apr-util. Perhaps something didn’t get compiled into it for some reason.

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Deck the halls

and all that stuff

This is what we did to the house yesterday. The wife did the door a few days ago, but the garland and lights around it went up yesterday too. A string of candy cane lights got stuck in the ground along the sidewalk after I took this picture. It actually looks kinda nice at night when all the lights are on. I thought we should have used lights with different colours, but the wife stuck with white lights (to stick with the ‘theme’ she had in mind).

The garage doors all decorated for Christmas
Front door decorated with garland, red bows, a wreath and red and gold paper
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80 column display, extended memory, RAM drive paradise!

This review of the HyperDrive III sent me hurtling down the road of computer nostalgia to my Apple ][+/][e days. The days of the green screen and 80 column card (so much screen space for editing!) with a whopping 128kB of extended memory, which I created a RAMdisk on for blazing fast compiles (for back then anyway) and instant data storage (before transferring to floppy). My Applie ][e had a total of 256 kB of memory, including what was on the 80col card, which for back then was alot of memory.
Oh, those were the days.

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In purple, it is stunning!

Well, probably not.

From Hubble and the ESA comes a stunning view of the Crab nebula.

Pretty, huh.

Crab Nebula imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
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TS Epsilon(2005)

After spending a day or two as hurricane #14, TS Epsilon(2005) is back down to a tropical storm, and is forecast to turn back to the south and southwest, back into the tropical Atlantic area. Although the 5 day track has it weakening and becoming a depression by next Friday, I see the tantalizing possibility that if it continues west towards the Carribean, Epsilon may even ressurect itself. But, I’m no hurricane forecaster, so I’ll just watch and see what it does.
TS Epsilon(2005) - 04-Dec-05