Are RHEL 3.0 & mod_perl 2.0.x compatible?

[Dylan Tynan <ty...@cadence.com>]

Hi folks,
 
Been a few years since I've worked on mod_perl & I could use a helping
hand.  Does anyone know if RHEL 3.0 and mod_perl 2.0.x (like 2.0.2) are
more or less compatible?  RHEL 3.0 ships with that semi-mutant 1.99
development track mod_perl ........   I tried upgrading (on an x86_64
arch) to 2.0.2 today and ran into endless numbers of dependencies ---
basically practically causing an upgrade to 4.0 piecemeal.  It started
with, oddly enough, an rpm dependency failure on perl(Carp::Heavy)
[yeah weird I thought].  Unfortunately, on x86_64 that doesn't seem to
be available until Perl 5.8.5 (yet 5.6 on the regular x32), then the
dependency trail just goes on forever with something needing something
else, etc.....     In looking around out there on the 'net, there was
very very little info about this combination (mod_perl2 & RHEL3), and
what was out there was mainly a few people w/problems.....
 
Anyone have any info on this combo?  I ended up pretty much whacking the
system (great way to start off back on mod_perl again, ugh!) so  I could
really really use an answer on this if anyone knows so I can pass it up
the chain before I end up doing something else stupid trying to make it
work, heh....
 
Thanks!
Dylan

RE: Are RHEL 3.0 & mod_perl 2.0.x compatible?

[Dylan Tynan <ty...@cadence.com>]

Ok, point taken .... I'll give her a go and see what happens.  Thanks
guys.... 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Johnstone [mailto:modperl@fadetoblack.me.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:44 PM
To: modperl@perl.apache.org
Subject: Re: Are RHEL 3.0 & mod_perl 2.0.x compatible?

Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
>
> second:
>     your issue seems to be that you're trying to run everything via 
> rpms , which is causing your dependency issue.
>     try compiling from source.  if you use cpan to install modperl, 
> it'll download all of the perl dependancies for you.

You *may* be able to find rpms that somebody else has built that work on
RHEL3 - but unless you want guaranteed repeatability for multiple
servers, I wouldn't bother with rpms. Like Jonathan says just build and
install from source.

Even if you are building many servers, it may be easier to build your
own rpms than to find some suitable!

Carl

Re: Are RHEL 3.0 & mod_perl 2.0.x compatible?

[Carl Johnstone <mo...@fadetoblack.me.uk>]

Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
>
> second:
>     your issue seems to be that you're trying to run everything via 
> rpms , which is causing your dependency issue.
>     try compiling from source.  if you use cpan to install modperl, 
> it'll download all of the perl dependancies for you.

You *may* be able to find rpms that somebody else has built that work on 
RHEL3 - but unless you want guaranteed repeatability for multiple 
servers, I wouldn't bother with rpms. Like Jonathan says just build and 
install from source.

Even if you are building many servers, it may be easier to build your 
own rpms than to find some suitable!

Carl

Re: Are RHEL 3.0 & mod_perl 2.0.x compatible?

[Jonathan Vanasco <jv...@2xlp.com>]

On Apr 25, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Dylan Tynan wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Been a few years since I've worked on mod_perl & I could use a  
> helping hand.  Does anyone know if RHEL 3.0 and mod_perl 2.0.x  
> (like 2.0.2) are more or less compatible?  RHEL 3.0 ships with that  
> semi-mutant 1.99 development track mod_perl ........   I tried  
> upgrading (on an x86_64 arch) to 2.0.2 today and ran into endless  
> numbers of dependencies --- basically practically causing an  
> upgrade to 4.0 piecemeal.  It started with, oddly enough, an rpm  
> dependency failure on perl(Carp::Heavy)  [yeah weird I thought].   
> Unfortunately, on x86_64 that doesn't seem to be available until  
> Perl 5.8.5 (yet 5.6 on the regular x32), then the dependency trail  
> just goes on forever with something needing something else,  
> etc.....     In looking around out there on the 'net, there was  
> very very little info about this combination (mod_perl2 & RHEL3),  
> and what was out there was mainly a few people w/problems.....
>
> Anyone have any info on this combo?  I ended up pretty much  
> whacking the system (great way to start off back on mod_perl again,  
> ugh!) so  I could really really use an answer on this if anyone  
> knows so I can pass it up the chain before I end up doing something  
> else stupid trying to make it work, heh....


first:
	what version of perl are you running ?  i'd upgrade perl to the  
latest available.  i think there were some eval issues in 5.81 or so  
that caused memory leaks which are very apparent in persistant  
environments like modperl

second:
	your issue seems to be that you're trying to run everything via  
rpms , which is causing your dependency issue.
	try compiling from source.  if you use cpan to install modperl,  
it'll download all of the perl dependancies for you.