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Posted to docs-cvs@perl.apache.org by ra...@apache.org on 2002/07/24 16:57:32 UTC
cvs commit: modperl-docs/src/download binaries.pod
randyk 2002/07/24 07:57:32
Modified: src/download binaries.pod
Log:
updated some information on Win32 binaries
Revision Changes Path
1.12 +27 -16 modperl-docs/src/download/binaries.pod
Index: binaries.pod
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RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-docs/src/download/binaries.pod,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- binaries.pod 16 Jun 2002 12:43:39 -0000 1.11
+++ binaries.pod 24 Jul 2002 14:57:32 -0000 1.12
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
=head2 Win32 mod_perl 1.0
Win32 mod_perl Binaries (made by Randy Kobes) -
-ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/. Grab a perl-win32-bin-x.x.exe
+ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/. Grab the perl-win32-bin.exe
self-extracting file. There's accompanying readme files with more details
on the particular versions of packages included. These all include Perl
and some common modules, so are largish.
@@ -32,37 +32,48 @@
users who want a preview of things to come.
This archive will unpack into an "Apache2" directory, underneath which
-is a "blib" subdirectory containing the necessary perl files. These
+is a "blib" subdirectory containing the necessary perl files. These
are included when starting Apache by a modperl directive found near
the end of I<conf/httpd.conf>, where a sample "Hello World" modperl
handler is also found. Some editing of I<httpd.conf> will be necessary
if this package is installed in a location other than
-I<"D:\Apache2">. Within the I<blib/> subdirectory is some
-documentation on modperl-2.0.
+I<"\Apache2">.
-The package was compiled with the cvs sources of Jan 1, 2002, using
-VC++ 6 and an ActivePerl based on perl-5.6.1. The libmodperl.so
+The package was compiled with the recent cvs sources, using
+VC++ 6 and an ActivePerl based on perl-5.6.1. The F<mod_perl.so>
library in the Apache I<modules/> directory will most probably not
work with other Apache-2 binary packages.
-Being under development, there are bugs present; in particular, when
-stopping an Apache-2 service a memory error results if modperl is
-enabled. Please let me know of any problems you might have in getting
-this package installed; for questions/problems on Apache-2, see the
+Being under development, there are most likely bugs present.
+For questions/problems on Apache-2, see the
docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/, and for modperl-2, see the
information on L<subscribing to the "dev" mailing list|maillist::dev>.
+Also available at ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/
+is a package F<perl-5.8-win32-bin.tar.gz> containing
+a binary distribution of perl-5.8/apache-2/mod_perl-2, also
+compiled with recent cvs sources. This will unpack into
+two directories - I<Perl> and I<Apache2> - as well as an
+F<INSTALL.txt> file containing installation instructions.
+
=head2 Win32 Active Perl
Win32 ActivePerl mod_perl ppms - suitable for builds 6xx. You can install
this by, within the ppm shell, setting the repository to
I<http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer> and
-typing C<install mod_perl>. This will also run a post-install script to
-install the required mod_perl.so to your Apache modules/ directory. This
-mod_perl package is built against the current stable Apache release -
-earlier versions are available
-(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/mod_perl-legacy/), as are some
-ppms of other Apache modules (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/).
+typing C<install mod_perl> (or C<install mod_perl-eapi> if you're
+running a mod_ssl-enabled Apache). This will also run a post-install
+script to
+install the required mod_perl.so to your Apache modules/ directory - if this
+does not work, grab the F<mod_perl.tar.gz> file under
+http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/x86/ and extract
+F<mod_perl.so> from there. This
+mod_perl package is built against the current stable Apache release.
+Some ppms of other Apache modules are also available
+in this repository.
+
+Also available in this repository is a mod_perl-2 ppm package,
+which you can install within the ppm shell as C<install mod_perl-2>.
=head2 RedHat Linux
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