-$Id: README,v 1.3 2000/04/09 19:00:12 skimo Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.7 2001/10/04 08:08:34 skimo Exp $
Copyright (c) 1996 Open Market, Inc.
- See the file "LICENSE.TERMS" for information on usage and redistribution
+ See the file "LICENSE" for information on usage and redistribution
of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
Copyright (c) 1996-1998 Sven Verdoolaege
not require you to recompile perl.
It even no longer requires perl to be compiled with sfio.
-The sfio version has had more testing though.
To compile with sfio you'll need at least perl 5.003_02 and you'll have
to have configured it with eg './Configure -Duseperlio -Dusesfio'.
(See the INSTALL file that comes with the perl distribution.)
To compile without sfio you'll need an even more recent perl version.
(perl 5.004 and up should be fine.)
-See http://fastcgi.idle.com/ for more information about fastcgi.
+See http://www.fastcgi.com/ for more information about fastcgi.
Lincoln D. Stein's perl CGI module also contains some information
about fastcgi programming.
make
make install
-If Makefile.PL finds an already installed (exported) fcgi library
-it will use that instead of the included files. Edit Makefile.PL
-if you don't want that or if it doesn't find them.
+If you want to use the (experimental) pure perl version, that
+doesn't require a compiler and currently only works on Unix,
+you have to pass the --pure-perl option as in
+"perl Makefile.PL --pure-perl".
+
+Note that the pure version does not support Window's Named Pipes.
+Support for Named Pipes is not a requirement of the FastCGI specification.
+Named Pipes are used by mod_fastcgi and the FastCGI application library as a
+replacement for Unix sockets. mod_fastcgi uses Named Pipes on Windows (Unix
+sockets on Unix) by default (see the mod_fastcgi docs for more information).
+
+If you want the module to use a previously installed fcgi library
+instead of the included files, use the --use-installed option,
+optionally followed by the name of the directory in which it can
+be found.
To configure the library Makefile.PL will run ./configure .
You may want to run it yourself beforehand because its findings