I had an embperl crashing problem.
With the help of the developer is has been rectified.
It took down individual processes only. I have never
had the apache core serving daemon (whatever it is called)
crash under mod_perl.
cliff rayman
genwax.com
Matt Sergeant wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Martin A. Langhoff wrote:
> > hi mod_perl gurus,
> >
> > I'm currently in dire problems (read sh*t):
> >
> > - In one week my Embperl powerd site debuts.
> >
> > - Just now, my webmaster tells me that I can't use Embperl _nor_
> > ePerl. Previously he had told me to use ePerl o whatever I wanted, now
> > he's worried about security.
> >
> > - He claims that he cannot allow me to run anything under
> > mod_perl (and derivatives as Embperl) because mod_perl brings Apache
> > down when it crashes.
>
> Well, the extent this will happen is to 1 process. Not the whole httpd. So
> 1 user gets a disconnect. That's all.
>
> > - On the other hand, he'll allow me to use perl in CGI scripts.
> >
> > - Of course that's not what I want :) !!!
> >
> > - Is there a way to configure mod_perl so that it does not crash
> > apache down? Or maybe it never does and he doesn't know?
>
> First of all, this will only happen if perl crashes. I'm yet to see perl
> core dump. Maybe I'm unique in this experience. This includes running perl
> on NT since it was HiP Communications Perl. So yes - if perl crashes your 1
> httpd will come tumbling down. And apache will happily spawn another one
> for you. I suppose it's possible that XS code will core dump - e.g.
> embperl. But I've never run embperl or anything that I don't consider
> stable enough to work with, so I can't comment on that. I doubt very much
> you'll have some obscure XS bug that won't show up until your site goes
> live - but you never know I guess.
>
> --
> <Matt/>
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