Eamon Daly wrote:
> 1. Problem Description:
> 
> If I declare a <Perl> section in httpd.conf, then define
> a virtual host with "PerlOptions +Parent", httpd dies with
> a segfault on subsequent PerlRequires. This works in 2.0.1.
> Here's a minimal example, tacked on to the end of the
> default httpd.conf:
> 
> --- httpd.conf ---
> 
> <Perl>
> 1;
> </Perl>
> 
> <VirtualHost _default_:80>
>    ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
>    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
>    ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
>    CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
>    PerlOptions +Parent
>    PerlRequire /etc/httpd/conf/startup.pl
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> --- startup.pl ---
> 
> use strict;
> 
> 1;
> 
> Is this just bad syntax on our part that luckily Just
> Worked or is this broken behavior in 2.0.2?

This is certainly a bug and was, if not introduced, aggravated by this change
of mine [291193].

It exposed a bug in the implementation of "PerlSwitches +inherit" [1], which led
me to realize that it was broken. This bit of code is seriously wrong:

in src/modules/perl/modperl_cmd.c:
  if (add->argv->nelts == 2 && strEQ(((char **)add->argv->elts)[1], 
"+inherit")) {

That's making quite a few incorrect assumptions. Like that the '+inherit' option
would always be the second one, and only recognized if it was the second one.

On top of that, specifying

PerlSwitches +inherit

in your httpd.conf, it would end up in the argv that's passed to perl_parse(), 
so you'd
end up with this lovely startup error:

Can't open perl script "+inherit": No such file or directory
perl_parse: No such file or directory

After some initial tinkering, I think the following patch is a much better 
solution.
I've made the switch inheriting option a proper per-server config, and I skip 
adding
it to perl's argv[].

Let me know if this solves your problem.

1      - http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#C_Clone_
291193 - (http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=291193&view=rev)

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Index: src/modules/perl/modperl_config.c
===================================================================
--- src/modules/perl/modperl_config.c	(revision 370942)
+++ src/modules/perl/modperl_config.c	(working copy)
@@ -302,9 +302,7 @@
     merge_item(perl);
 #endif
 
-    if (add->argv->nelts == 2 &&
-        strEQ(((char **)add->argv->elts)[1], "+inherit"))
-    {
+    if (MpSrvINHERIT(add)) {
         /* only inherit base PerlSwitches if explicitly told to */
         mrg->argv = base->argv;
     }
Index: src/modules/perl/modperl_cmd.c
===================================================================
--- src/modules/perl/modperl_cmd.c	(revision 370942)
+++ src/modules/perl/modperl_cmd.c	(working copy)
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@
         return modperl_cmd_too_late(parms);
     }
     MP_TRACE_d(MP_FUNC, "arg = %s\n", arg);
-    modperl_config_srv_argv_push(arg);
+    
+    if(0 == strncasecmp(arg, "+inherit", 8)) {
+        modperl_cmd_options(parms, mconfig, "+Inherit");
+    }
+    else {
+        modperl_config_srv_argv_push(arg);
+    }
     return NULL;
 }
 
Index: t/conf/extra.last.conf.in
===================================================================
--- t/conf/extra.last.conf.in	(revision 370942)
+++ t/conf/extra.last.conf.in	(working copy)
@@ -94,3 +94,11 @@
 =cut
 
 PerlSetVar TestDirective__pod_cut_worked yes
+
+#This used to trigger a segfault on startup
+#See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.mod-perl/22750
+<VirtualHost inherit>
+   PerlSwitches +inherit
+   PerlOptions +Parent
+   Perl 1
+</VirtualHost>
Index: lib/ModPerl/Code.pm
===================================================================
--- lib/ModPerl/Code.pm	(revision 370942)
+++ lib/ModPerl/Code.pm	(working copy)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 my @ithread_opts = qw(CLONE PARENT);
 my %flags = (
     Srv => ['NONE', @ithread_opts, qw(ENABLE AUTOLOAD MERGE_HANDLERS),
-            @hook_flags, 'UNSET'],
+            @hook_flags, 'UNSET','INHERIT'],
     Dir => [qw(NONE PARSE_HEADERS SETUP_ENV MERGE_HANDLERS GLOBAL_REQUEST UNSET)],
     Req => [qw(NONE SET_GLOBAL_REQUEST PARSE_HEADERS SETUP_ENV 
                CLEANUP_REGISTERED PERL_SET_ENV_DIR PERL_SET_ENV_SRV)],
Index: Changes
===================================================================
--- Changes	(revision 370942)
+++ Changes	(working copy)
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 =item 2.0.3-dev
 
+Fix 'PerlSwitches +inherit' that got broken somewhere along
+the way to 2.0 [Gozer]
+
 Add perl API corresponding to User and Group directives in httpd.conf: 
 Apache2::ServerUtil->user_id and Apache2::ServerUtil->group_id
 [Stas]

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