- this is not an HOW-TO, but is almost an HOW-I-DID-IT
- this description is part of a build of an Apache Web server v. 1.3.4 with the following features/modules:

• ApacheSSL
• Microsoft FrontPage Extensions
• PHP/FI
• POSTGRES/SQL

My document doesn't cover the above mentioned, though I'm disposable to describe the entire build.

- my build was possibly the most conservative and non intrusive for the Microsoft FrontPage Extensions OSF/3.2, downloaded from www.rtr.com.

Now the build.
FUNDAMENTAL PREREQUISITES:

1. an OSF/3.2 license, two OSF libraries used here.
2. operate as "root" (of course)
3. I installed the following OSF/3.2 required libraries:
   • -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1277952 Apr 24 1997 /usr/shlib/libc.so
   • -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1253376 Apr 24 1997 /usr/shlib/libm.so
   I installed the following OSF/3.2 required program:
   • -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 114688 Jul 12 12:25 /sbin/loader
4. I builded the Apache 1.3.4 web server:
   • cd apache_1.3.4
   • patch -p0 < fp-patch-apache_1.3.3
   • mv mod_frontpage.c src/modules/extra/mod_frontpage.c
   • ./configure --add-module=src/modules/extra/mod_frontpage.c --enable-module=most --enable-shared=max --disable-shared=frontpage
   • make
   • make install
   • cp src/modules/ssl/gcache /usr/local/apache/bin
5. I declared necessary modules to load in httpd configuration file, except FrontPage Module, which is not a shared module
6. I copied/renamed fp30.alpha.tar.gz (Microsoft FrontPage Extensions for OSF)
   
   • cp fp30.alpha.tar.gz /usr/local/fp30.linux.tar.gz
7. I copied the installation shell file
   • cp fp_install.sh /usr/local
8. I started the script and installed my root web only
   • cd /usr/local
   • ./fp_install.sh
   Ignore the message saying that root web won't work until partition is mounted SUID.
   
9. I recompiled/substituted fpexe
   • cd /usr/local/frontpage/currentversion/apache-fp
   • mv _vti_bin/fpexe _vti_bin/fpexe.orig
   • gcc -Dbsdi fpexe.c -o _vti_bin/fpexe
   • chmod u+s _vti_bin/fpex

< Directory /dir/tothisweb/site>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
< /Directory>

This worked for me, on my alphalinux test box (AlphaStation 200 4/166, 48Mb RAM, 4Gb H.D., RedHat 5.2, Kernel 2.6).