On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 16:36, Stas Bekman wrote: > Joe Schaefer wrote: > > Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>On 28 Jan 2003, Joe Schaefer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>libapreq-1.1 is now available on CPAN, > >>>and also through the Apache website at > >>> > >>> http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/libapreq/libapreq-1.1.tar.gz > >> > >>Failed badly to install for me. First of all it won't install via the > >>CPAN shell as root because the test harness tries to deliver files > >>from what becomes a root-owned directory, and it won't do that. > > > > > > The test suite was lifted directly from mod_perl. Are you able to > > able to test/install mod_perl using the same approach? > > Joe, I thought you've reverted to use the old test suite? > > Matt, Apache::Test may not work when run under root, because Apache won't let > you start the server as 'User root' so it tries to use 'nobody' or something > else as the username the server runs under, which of course has no perms to > access files created by root and hence the problem. > > I suppose the solution is to chown all the autogenerated files to that chosen > user and then the issue will be resolved. Meanwhile please try to run the test > suite as non-root. > > __________________________________________________________________ > Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker > http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com > http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
Stas, I've run into the same problem while testing with Apache::PAR. Unfortunately, I don't think chown'ing the files will work (at least in my case), because the directory itself (/root/.cpanplus on my box) isn't accessible from a non-root user. I haven't worked on a solution yet, but I was thinking the best thing to do might be to create a temp directory (maybe with a prompt for the directory to create it under) from the generated Makefile in the start_httpd section and copy any content (and then remove it in kill_httpd) Maybe this would be a good feature to add to the Apache::test and Apache::Test modules? Thanks, -- Nathan Byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
