Compiling with FastCGI enabled

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:21:15 +0100, Bart van den Eijnden
<bartvde at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> switching this discussion the dev list.
>
> I have done a few tests and have run into quite some problems using
> mapserver built with FastCGI support and then using it in normal CGI mode.
>
> Even images from shapefile sources don't work anymore in WMS mode when
> Mapserver behaves as a normal CGI. Also the problem with WMS caps which I
> reported in an earlier e-mail.
>
> in Firefox I get:
> the image ... cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
>
> Does anybody have an idea what's going on (does it have something to do
> with output functions?), or am I the first one testing this and is it not
> to be expected that people build with FASTCGI enabled and also use the
> executable in normal CGI mode?

Bart,

The *intention* is that a FastCGI enabled binary should still work
fine in non-CGI mode.  I can't say that I have actually tested all
the old style mechanisms (queries, legends, etc) so the problems
might be related to that, though I did test some simple mapping
in "old" MapServer CGI mode and that was working fine.

One thing to keep in mind when using a FastCGI enabled
executable on win32 in non-FastCGI mode, it is critical that
you have applied the patches to the fast cgi client library
that are listed in the wiki.  Otherwise the file stream is left
in text mode and any images returned will be corrupted.

If your problems aren't related to that I think you will need to
submit detailed bug reports and I'll dig into the problems.

Best regards,

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