Yes, sorry about this - Mason's handling of mod_perl, Apache::Request, etc. dependencies is pretty tortured, as the last time anyone worked on it mod_perl 2 was still in flux.
It would be great to tear that stuff out and replace it with something a lot simpler, like HTTP::Engine. Mason really should not have to know about mod_perl vs. fastcgi at this point. But yes, to get around this in the short term, you should just go ahead and install Mason, ignoring the prereq. Jon On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:45 AM, ravi wrote: > On Jul 22, 2009, at 12:41 PM, I wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have scanned through the list archives, checked out the online >> docs (http://www.masonhq.com/?ApacheModPerl2, etc), and I am still >> lacking clue on how to solve the problem described below. >> > > > I dug around a bit more, and found the below in Build.PL: > > my $has_mod_perl_2 = eval { require mod_perl2 } || 0; > my $has_only_mp2 = ! $has_mod_perl_1 && $has_mod_perl_2; > > # XXX - this really isn't right since we really want to know which > # version of mod_perl they _intend_ to use with Mason, rather than > # just blindly adding all these prereqs. > if ($has_mod_perl_1) > { > $prereq{'Apache::Request'} = 1.05; # minimum for OSX > } > > So, it looks like this is a well known issue. The question of why > Apache::Request refuses to install (because of mod_perl vs mod_perl2) > is still open, but I was hoping to bypass that and install > HTML::Mason, but it looks from the above I cannot, unless I ignore the > missing prerequisite. > > --ravi > > >> I am trying to upgrade RT from 3.6.3 to 3.8.4 on a Gentoo box >> running Apache2, with both mod_perl and mod_perl2 installed, as well >> as a mix of Perl modules in vendor_perl and site_perl that >> occasionally conflict (I mention this since this could very well be >> the source of my problem!). >> >> One of the requirements for RT 3.8.4 is a newer HTML::Mason >= 1.36. >> When I try to upgrade HTML::Mason, it tells me that Apache::Request >> is a prerequisite. When I try to install Apache::Request >> (libapr-1.34) that errors out at test: >> >> t/apreq/big_input....# Failed test 1 in t/apreq/big_input.t at line >> 40 >> t/apreq/big_input....NOK 1# Failed test 2 in t/apreq/big_input.t at >> line 40 fail #2 >> t/apreq/big_input....NOK 2# Failed test 3 in t/apreq/big_input.t at >> line 40 fail #3 >> t/apreq/big_input....NOK 3# Failed test 4 in t/apreq/big_input.t at >> line 40 fail #4 >> t/apreq/big_input....NOK 4# Failed test 5 in t/apreq/big_input.t at >> line 40 fail #5 >> <so on> >> >> That's because: >> >> [Wed Jul 22 12:38:19 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] failed to >> resolve handler `TestApReq::big_input': >> Can't locate object method "boot" via package "mod_perl" at >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux/Apache/Table.pm line 6. >> >> Problem seems to be the use of mod_perl, rather than mod_perl2. >> >> I installed Apache2::Request (libapr2) as well, but HTML::Mason >> still insists that Apache::Request is a prerequisite. >> >> I have looked through the HTML::Mason code and see checks for Apache >> vs Apache2, but those don't seem to be working as I thought they >> might. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> I don't mind using CGI instead of mod_perl2/Apache2::Request, but I >> want to make sure that I am doing the right thing before I force >> install HTML::Mason. >> >> Thank you, >> >> --ravi >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Mason-users mailing list > Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
