Compiling with FastCGI enabled

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Frank,

thanks, that fixed my problem with png output. I had not seen that section
of the Wiki yet (the win32 fastcgi part). I will close bug 1153 which I
opened about this issue adding this comment.

The WMS capabilities issue still remains though, and I have filed bug 1152
for this problem.

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1152

Best regards,
Bart

> 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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