I want to upgrade the mod_perl to the latest mod_perl2
from mod_perl-1.99_07-5 to mod_perl-199_10 (same as mod_perl-2.0-current?)
My system as canned installation from redhat: -redhat 9 -httpd-2.0.40-21.5 (apache) -mod_perl-1.99_07-5 -php-4.2.2-17.2
Make sure you fix the locale problem: http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/troubleshooting.html#RH_8_and_9_Locale_Issues
Perl 5.8.1 doesn't have this problem, but there is no RPM for it (for RH9) that I know of.
-Is removing the existig mod_perl with rpm remove affect php?
Probably not, if both modules are separate RPMs.
-My redhat installed does have the the following: /usr/sbin/apxs /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_perl.so
-Do I need the source or just the apxs?
The .so file is not the source, but rather the shared object. This is the library that apache loads.
-Giving my canned redhat installation should my setting be MP_APXS=/usr/sbin/apxs?
Looks like it to me, but I haven't actually tried this option since I compile my own apache.
If you intend to run this on multipe machines, you may want to look into eventually creating your own RPMs so you don't have to compile from source each time.
- Perrin
