ANNOUNCE: mod_perl-1.99_02

[Doug MacEachern <do...@covalent.net>]

The URL

    http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-1.99_02.tar.gz

has entered CPAN as

  file: $CPAN/authors/id/D/DO/DOUGM/mod_perl-1.99_02.tar.gz
  size: 378436 bytes
   md5: b08c12adc1a8ae4ce7a111f8d5fe0b43

Changes since 1.99_02:

pass the PATH and TZ environment variables at startup by default as 1.xx did

fix ModPerl::Util::exit segv with 5.6.0

no longer support 5.7.x perl development versions

added compat for Apache::Table->new

various fixes to compile/run on darwin

server-scope Perl{Set,Pass}Env config now propagated to %ENV at startup

use SvOK(sv) instead of sv == &PL_sv_undef to detect undef values in xs
[Stephen Clouse <st...@theiqgroup.com>]

complete Apache::Util 1.x compat

added Apache::MPM_IS_THREADED constant

added compat function for Apache::Constants::SERVER_VERSION

added Apache::Constants::export stub for compat

added noop stubs for timeout functions removed from 2.0:
$r->{soft,hard,reset,kill}_timeout

turned on PerlOptions +GlobalRequest by default for perl-script handler
unless it is explicitly turned off with PerlOptions -GlobalRequest

added APR::OS::thread_current function

added support for 1.x $r->subprocess_env functionality

added support for $r->push_handlers(PerlHandler => ...)

added support for $r->proxyreq to detect proxy requests

$r->content_type($val) now calls ap_set_content_type underneath

add the err_header_out() wrapper to Apache::compat + corresponding tests
[Stas Bekman]

fix $r->dir_config lookup of values set in the server context

added Apache::REDIRECT shortcut constant

various fixes for method handlers

use Apache::ServerUtil in Apache::compat so Apache->server works in compat
mode [Dave Rolsky <au...@urth.org>]

add Apache::Util::unescape_uri alias to Apache::unescape_url in Apache::compat

change Apache::unescape_url to return the escaped url as 1.x does

disabled term coloring by default (enable with env var APACHE_TEST_COLOR=1)

fix for APR::IpSubnet->new to check return status apr_ipsubnet_create

enabled APR::SockAddr module

turn on binmode for filehandle used in $r->send_fd

get MP_{TRACE,DEBUG} Makefile.PL options working on win32

various fixes to build/run with bleedperl

various fixes for win32 to get make test passing

moved constuct_{url,server} methods to Apache::URI module

implement Apache::URI::parse in Apache::compat

give Perl*Handlers precedence over other handlers by using APR_HOOK_FIRST
rather than APR_HOOK_LAST

workaround bug in 5.6.1 when XSLoader loads DynaLoader, wiping out any
dl handles it had been keeping track of.

tidy up test to run standalone (without modperl test config) 
[Stas Bekman]

override T_PTROBJ INPUT typemap to croak if object is not a blessed
reference, to prevent possible segv from e.g. Apache::Server->process

apr_lock.h is gone; disable APR::Lock for the moment

enabled the Apache::Process module

fix ModPerl::Util::exit to clear $@ before calling Perl_croak

cut down on some build noise

fix 'PerlOptions +GlobalRequest' when used within subrequests

get rid of some "subroutine redefined" warnings in ModPerl::MM that
show up with newer bleedperls.

a few fixes for Apache::compat [Dave Rolsky <au...@urth.org>]

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Enjoy,
-Doug


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Re: ANNOUNCE: mod_perl-1.99_04

[Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>]

So that this question won't be repeated again and again:

  If you build with perl 5.8.0, you need perl-5.8.0-RC2
  in order to build mod_perl-1.99_04.

If you use 5.6.(0|1), please disregard this note.

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