On Saturday 02 February 2008 18:43:05 Julian Golderer wrote:
> hello sysadmins :)
>
> is there a performance difference in apache between static and dynamic
> linked modules?

yes, there is, static modules generally make apache faster

> since there is no 'apache-builtin-mods'-file anymore, 
> all modules have to be either static or dynamic - am i right?

correct

> why they removed the modules-file?

because it breaks binary packages and portage will overwrite it on every 
update, as outlined at [1]

> greets,
> julian

HTH,
Bene

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/apache-upgrading.xml#doc_chap1