Hi
I just installed a new server and started trying to port my old scripts to it when i noticed things have changed and I am a bit unsure of a few things.
1) rpm says that mod_perl 1.99 is installed but the httpd error_log does mention mod_perl on restarts: Apache/2.0.52 (Fedora) configure - resuming normal operations
Make sure you are loading the modperl DSO in your Apache configuration.
Something like this:
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/devel/core/apache_integration.html#Enabling_the_mod_perl_Module_and_Installing_its_Callbacks
That said, RedHat (and other distributions for that matter) seem to always be behind in the versions of mod_perl that they ship. Since mod_perl is being constantly developed, you'd be better off getting the latest release from http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-2.0-current.tar.gz and building it yourself.
2) Given the above, and the fact I have Apache::Const, Apache::RequestRec..etc instead of Apache::Request and family installed, am I now using mod_perl 2?
3) configtest used to throw up perl errors but will now happily report syntax ok even when i put some glaring typos in my scripts - is that normal? Or is there something missing in my httpd.conf that I need to add to get the scripts checked at apache restarts.
In order for Apache to test/load your Perl code on startup, you need to have startup file that loads all your (or other - e.g. CGI) modules, which you then tell Apache to execute when it starts up:
PerlRequire /usr/local/apache2/conf/startup.pl
Check out:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/server.html#Startup_File
At a guess I would say I am using mod_perl 2 and I need to put something into the httpd to get 1 and 3 to work correctly but I don't
know what. Can anyone advice me?
Thanx. Dp.
-- Arshavir Grigorian Systems Administrator/Engineer M-CAM, Inc.
