This page explains what you'll find in the 2.0a6 release of the download area for this project.

Note: Apache/2.0 alpha 6 is not guaranteed to compile, run, or do anything useful. If you want a stable, fast version of Apache try one of the Apache/1.3 patches.

The following patches are available for Apache/2.0 alpha 6.

Patch	Description	Base
10xpatch-2.0a6-0	- Minimum changes required to allow Apache/2.0 alpha 6 to compile and serve a page on Irix 6.5, including fix for bug 6463). - State-threaded multi-processing module (MPM) that's faster than any standard Apache/2.0 MPM. 23 Aug 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0
10xpatch-2.0a6-1	- Adds 10xpatchlevel and STM version identification. - Adds actual CPU binding to STM's server-status report and stmstat. - Adds STM's compilation options to httpd -V report. 7 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0
10xpatch-2.0a6-2	Optimizes time-of-day queries (similar to 1.3.6 patch #4). Increases performance 7%. 7 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1
10xpatch-2.0a6-3	- Adds some features to and fixes some minor bugs in the STM, including fix for bug 6531 for the STM. - Changes the 10xpatchlevel version identification. - Optimizes mod_mmap_static slightly. 20 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2
10xpatch-2.0a6-4	- Optimizes logging in Common Log Format (CLF), similar to 1.3.6 patch #3. - Fixes bugs 6519 and 6550 related to buffered logs. - Fixes documentation bug 6556. - Ports %m, %H, and %q format options from 1.3. - Adds --enable-speed-daemon option to configure. 20 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3
10xpatch-2.0a6-5	- Adds apr_inet_ntoa(), a fast implementation of inet_ntoa(), similar to the one from 1.3.6 patch #3. 20 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-4
10xpatch-2.0a6-6	- Updates the STM's user's guide. - Optimizes request reading slightly. - Optimizes for HTTP/1.1. - Fixes bug 6591. 26 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-4 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-5
10xpatch-2.0a6-7	- Optimizes mod_file_cache in the same ways as earlier patches optimized mod_mmap_static. 27 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-4 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-5 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-6
10xpatch-2.0a6-8	- Optimizes request reading, similar to 1.3.6 patch #2. 28 Sep 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-4 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-5 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-6 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-7
10xpatch-2.0a6-9	- Adds a Quick Shortcut Cache, similar to 1.3.6 patch #8. 11 Oct 2000	Apache/2.0a6 + State Threads 1.0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-0 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-1 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-2 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-3 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-4 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-5 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-6 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-7 + 10xpatch-2.0a6-8

After applying any of the above patches you should clean out all the original-version files patch leaves lying around, when you're done with them.

  % find . -name '*.orig' -print | xargs rm -f

This is how I configure the patched product for Irix 6.5:

  % env CPPFLAGS="-DIRIX=65 -DUSE_ST_TIME \
  -DLOG_BUFSIZE=65500 " configure --with-mpm=stm \
  --enable-status --enable-speed-daemon ...

and on Linux:

  % env CPPFLAGS="-DNO_LINGCLOSE -DUSE_ST_TIME \
  -DLOG_BUFSIZE=65500 -D__i686__" configure \
  --with-mpm=stm --enable-status --enable-speed-daemon ...

but you can do it differently. Be sure to read how to use the STM and the QSC.