Win32: Activestate 5.6.0 618 / 1.24_01 / 1.3.14

[Thomas <th...@firstpoint.se>]

Hi,
Win32 issues might be slightly OT here, but I really would like to find
my way around/a solution concerning the AS 5.6.0 618 / 1.24_01
combo crashing Apache during a service shutdown/stop.
This was discussed at ng comp.lang.www-servers.ms-windows
( Subject: mod_perl and ActiveState perl (v5.6.0 618)) recently,
but the thread died somehow.

To me this is totally weird, but I mysteriously got rid of the crashing
when additionally loading PHP4.0.2 as a DSO into the mod_perl
enabled server.
Why this works is a total mystery to me, but it may give a clue to
what is failing to someone else...

OS is NT (sp4)

If anyone is interested in trying this out for themselves, a pre-compiled
PHP 4.0.2 binary (mod_php.dll)  is available at
http://www.geocities.com/ro_marius/mod_php4.html
you'll also need the core php-lib from the latest php Win32 binary dist,
namely phpts.dll (~860kb)
Place the lib in the server-root dir, add a LoadModule directive into the
ap-conf
and install >> kickstart a service-instance of "Apache/1.3.14 (Win32)
PHP/4.0.2 mod_perl/1.24_01"

Now, hopefully, your AS 5.6.0 618 / 1.24_01 / 1.3.14 service no longer
crashes at a shutdown/stop.

thomas.