http_objects="http_core.lo http_protocol.lo http_request.lo"
-dnl mod_http freaks out when built as a DSO
+dnl mod_http should only be built as a static module for now.
+dnl this will hopefully be "fixed" at some point in the future by
+dnl refactoring mod_http and moving some things to the core and
+dnl vice versa so that the core does not depend upon mod_http.
+if test "$enable_http" = "yes"; then
+ enable_http="static"
+elif test "$enable_http" = "shared"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([mod_http can not be built as a shared DSO])
+fi
+
APACHE_MODULE(http, HTTP protocol handling, $http_objects, , static)
APACHE_MODULE(mime, mapping of file-extension to MIME, , , yes)