Apache is the most popular internet webserver application in the world. It's created by a collaborative effect of software developers.
The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation.
These volunteers are known as the Apache Group. Hundreds of users have contributed ideas, documentation and code to the Apache project.
How to install and run: Unarchive, open a Terminal window, go to Apache's folder and run the following commands from the command line:
./configure --prefix=PREFIX
make
sudo make install
apachectl
Requirements:
· Apple Xcode (To build from source)
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· SECURITY: CVE-2012-0883 (cve.mitre.org) envvars: Fix insecure handling of LD_LIBRARY_PATH that could lead to the current working directory to be searched for DSOs. [Stefan Fritsch]
· mod_slotmem_shm: Honor DefaultRuntimeDir [Jim Jagielski]
· mod_ssl: Fix crash with threaded MPMs due to race condition when initializing EC temporary keys. [Stefan Fritsch]
· mod_proxy: Add the forcerecovery balancer parameter that determines if recovery for balancer workers is enforced. [Ruediger Pluem]
· Fix MPM DSO load failure on AIX. [Jeff Trawick]
· mod_proxy: Correctly set up reverse proxy worker. PR 52935. [Petter Berntsen ]
· mod_sed: Don't define PATH_MAX to a potentially undefined value, causing compile problems on GNU hurd. [Stefan Fritsch]
· core: Add ap_runtime_dir_relative() and DefaultRuntimeDir. [Jeff Trawick]
· core: Fix breakage of Listen directives with MPMs that use a per-directory config. PR 52904. [Stefan Fritsch]
· core: Disallow directives in AllowOverrideList which are only allowed in VirtualHos...