Questions on how to upgrade Apache

[Eliot Moss]

On 4/8/2021 11:49 AM, Andy Romens via Cygwin wrote:
 > Is there something else Cygwin provides that I should use instead of Apache?
 > Sorry for the elementary questions, I’m still quite new to this :)

No.  Cygwin, at its heart, is a Windows library (.dll file) that, when used,
provides a library call environment as close to POSIX (Linux, Unix) as it can,
given that Windows is not Unix.  Programs must be explicitly compiled to use
that library.  Sometimes that need adjustments (patches) to work correctly in
the environment.  Presumably all those patches that would be necessary for
previous version so Apache are in the source package for those previous
versions, and might be enough for building a new version as well.  As you are
probably aware, a number of commonly used Unix programs have been ported to
work under Cygwin.

Alternatively, you can use Windows-native programs and tools.  I personally am
not sure if Apache is available as a Windows-native download, etc.

There is also the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which runs a virtual machine
under which many Unix programs can be installed without modification.

Regards - Eliot Moss