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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by "Stone, Derrick J" <DJ...@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu> on 2002/10/29 17:54:33 UTC
mod_perl hangs on apache 2.0.43 (w32)
I noticed a similar thread from earlier this month, and I was hoping that someone has encountered and uncovered the problem.
Wishful thinking, right?
I have compiled Apache 2.0.43 from the source using the default options and adding the openssl module.
I have tried both perl 5.6.1 and perl 5.8. Perl 5.6 allows me to compile the module that I downloaded from theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/mod_perl-2.ppd while I get failures to compile mod_perl when using perl 5.8.
So, for the time being, I have downgraded to perl 5.6. Configuring make file.pl, running nmake and nmake install appear to run like a peach. However, I am unable to execute any mod_perl scripts.
Following the lead of the documentation, I have added the LoadModule line, then tried both adding a location directive and when that failed, a files directive such as this one:
<files *.plx>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options ExecCGI
</files>
After executing a regular perl script in cgi-bin, I can rename the file to .plx, and it the browser will just hang. The script I am using reads as follows:
#! /perl/bin/perl
## printenv -- demo CGI program which just prints its environment
##
use strict;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<HTML><BODY><H3>Environment variables</H3><UL>";
foreach (sort keys %ENV) {
my $val = $ENV{$_};
$val =~ s|\n|\\n|g;
$val =~ s|"|\\"|g;
print "<LI>$_ = \"${val}\"</LI>\n";
}
#sleep(10);
print "</UL></BODY></HTML>";
Suggestions, please!
Derrick Stone
Internet Specialist
UVa Health System
Re: mod_perl hangs on apache 2.0.43 (w32)
Posted by Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>.
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Stone, Derrick J wrote:
> I noticed a similar thread from earlier this month, and I was
> hoping that someone has encountered and uncovered the problem.
>
> Wishful thinking, right?
:)
> I have compiled Apache 2.0.43 from the source using the
> default options and adding the openssl module. I have tried
> both perl 5.6.1 and perl 5.8. Perl 5.6 allows me to compile the
> module that I downloaded from
> theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/mod_perl-2.ppd while I get
> failures to compile mod_perl when using perl 5.8.
By failures, do you mean failures to use the mod_perl-2.ppd
package? This one was compiled using perl-5.6.1, which in general
is binary incompatable with 5.8.
> So, for the time being, I have downgraded to perl 5.6.
> Configuring make file.pl, running nmake and nmake install
> appear to run like a peach. However, I am unable to execute any
> mod_perl scripts.
> Following the lead of the documentation, I have added the
> LoadModule line, then tried both adding a location directive
> and when that failed, a files directive such as this one:
>
> <files *.plx>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler Apache::Registry
> Options ExecCGI
> </files>
Apache::Registry is for mod_perl-1 - the corresponding
handler for mod_perl-2 is ModPerl::Registry.
>
> After executing a regular perl script in cgi-bin, I can rename
> the file to .plx, and it the browser will just hang. The script
> I am using reads as follows:
>
> #! /perl/bin/perl
> ## printenv -- demo CGI program which just prints its environment
> ##
> use strict;
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print "<HTML><BODY><H3>Environment variables</H3><UL>";
> foreach (sort keys %ENV) {
> my $val = $ENV{$_};
> $val =~ s|\n|\\n|g;
> $val =~ s|"|\\"|g;
> print "<LI>$_ = \"${val}\"</LI>\n";
> }
> #sleep(10);
> print "</UL></BODY></HTML>";
>
> Suggestions, please!
I've had problems too with different builds of mod_perl-2 at
various times with perl-5.6.1, such as things hanging - this I
think this is related to certain threading issues in 5.6.1 that
are addressed in 5.8. Since you have a compiler, I'd suggest
compiling mod_perl-2 with perl-5.8, which seems to resolve these
hanging issues. If you have problems with the mod_perl-1.99_xx
sources on CPAN, try the mod_perl-2 sources from CVS - as of a
few days ago, this builds and tests fine on Win32 under perl-5.8.
Although compiling things yourself is preferable, if you're
forced to use a binary, there's a perl-5.8/Apache-2/mod_perl-2
Win32 binary, perl-5.8-win32-bin.tar.gz, under
ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/
which unpacks into Apache2/ and Perl/ subdirectories -
installation instructions are summarized in the accompanying
top-level install.txt file. mod_ssl is included in this
package.
--
best regards,
randy kobes