I am hoping to use mod_perl in apache, but there's a decision to be made. Mod_perl insists that if apache has thread support, perl must also have it. I originally enabled the 'threads' USE-flag because I thought it might be useful, but it turns out to affect apache, while leaving Perl unthreaded, and I didn't notice until I went to build mod_perl, and it refused to emerge.
When I enabled the 'ithread' USE-flag for Perl, it issued a warning that this might not be good for the health of all the packages in the system. Hmmmm. So I'm looking for experience and/or advice. Is threaded Perl an okay idea? Is it useful? Come to think of it, what difference does threading make to Apache? Is it generally useful? Also: why is mod_python not subject to the same concerns? I notice that I've always build it with -nothreads, which seems to be the default. I guess that means it's okay with threading. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
