Guy Smith writes:
> Of course there is http://www.apache.org, but I was disappointed to not find the MPE/iX port in the binaries directory there.

The binaries at www.apache.org were all built with the minimal module
configuration.

The binary that I supply from http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/apacheix.html has
*ALL* functional modules built in.

Most Internet freeware packages do not come with precompiled binaries.  There
are just too many platforms to deal with.  Plus if you do binaries, you need
to keep them current with each new source release.

I always build POSIX/Unix freeware directly from source.  That way I can
customize various configurable compile-time parameters according to my needs.
I am assured that the binary matches the source.  If the binary is buggy, I can
fix it in the source and recompile.

The only piece of freeware that really MUST be distributed as a binary is gcc.
I would expect that as gcc becomes more common on MPE, and as MPE porting work
is submitted back to the official source trees, the need for pre-built MPE
binaries will decrease.
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