>  > Does this mean apache-1.3 preforked by default?  If so, why was this
>  > behavior changed for apache2?  Why wouldn't I want to run MPM prefork?
> 
>  Yes, 1.3 is a pre-forking webserver.  For a description of why you
>  might want to change this, see
>  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mpm.html and the docs for some of the
>  other mpms like worker and event.  In particular, a multi-threaded
>  server can sometimes use substantially less memory.
> 
>  Joshua.

I see, so prefork is used if another mpm is not specified.  I guess
Gentoo builds mpm-prefork even if USE="-mpm-prefork" is specified
(assuming another mpm is not specified).

I use mod_perl and I can't use a threaded perl.  Does that mean I
can't use a threaded apache2?

- Grant

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