Hi there,
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Vicki Brown wrote:
> I'm trying to build (rebuild) mod_perl for Apache 1.3.26. I swear I did this
> before but it was over a year ago.... maybe it wasn't a static build.
Maybe you'll keep some records this time? :)
> Following the instructions in INSTALL-apaci I ran
> perl Makefile.PL APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local/apache \
> APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.26/src DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 EVERYTHING=1
> make
> make test
It's not clear to me what you did BEFORE these steps, and that's
important. Things like 'make clean' perhaps? It's also not clear
from your post what account you were using. Don't build as root, use
a non-privileged account to configure ('perl Makefile.PL'), compile
('make') and test ('make test'). Only switch to root to 'make
install' when the tests are all completed OK. It doesn't matter where
you build, but I'd always do it in my home directory or somewhere in a
directory under /home that's set aside for this purpose - anyway, not
in /usr or /var or anything like that. I'd suggest you delete
everything you've done thus far, then create a new sub-directory in
your home directory, e.g.
$ cd ~
$ mkdir /home/vicki/apache_mod_perl_test
and in it put two directories
$ /home/vicki/apache_mod_perl_test/apache_1.3.27
$ /home/vicki/apache_mod_perl_test/mod_perl-1.27
by grabbing the sources from some mirror somewhere and extracting them
$ cd /home/vicki/apache_mod_perl_test
$ tar xzvf apache_1.3.27
$ tar xzvf mod_perl-1.27
Then build as per the instructions in the Guide at
http://perl.apache.org
$ cd /home/vicki/apache_mod_perl_test/mod_perl-1.27
$ perl Makefile.PL ...
and Bob will I am sure be your proverbial uncle. Note that I
suggested using Apache 1.3.27 here, but if you have some burning
desire to use 1.3.26 that's OK. Just don't go and try anything older.
I always put my configuration options in a file makepl_args.mod_perl
in the /home/.../mod_perl-x.xx directory (see below) but that's just
preference (I get to keep a record of what I did that way:).
> The later did many things and eventually
You know, this is not very helpful at all. Next time you post, let us
know what OS you're using, stuff like that huh?
> If this is meant to be an Apache httpd.conf, why does it have Perl
> stuff in it?
It's OK to have <Perl> sections in an Apache httpd.conf (or other
configuration file) as long as the Apache reading it has mod_perl
compiled in or loaded as a module. There's some documentation around
here somewhere...
> Please Cc: me on replies so I don't miss them; I get the digest of this list.
Might be time to subscribe. :)
73,
Ged.
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makepl_args.mod_perl
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USE_APACI=1
APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local
APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.27/src
DO_HTTPD=1
EVERYTHING=1
ALL_HOOKS=1
PERL_SSI=1
PERL_SECTIONS=1
ADD_MODULE=info,status,proxy
APACI_ARGS=--sbindir=/usr/local/sbin/httpd_perl
APACI_ARGS=--sysconfdir=/usr/local/apache/httpd_perl/conf
APACI_ARGS=--runtimedir=/usr/local/apache/httpd_perl/run
APACI_ARGS=--logfiledir=/usr/local/apache/httpd_perl/logs
APACI_ARGS=--localstatedir=/usr/local/apache/httpd_perl/stat
APACI_ARGS=--proxycachedir=/usr/local/apache/httpd_perl/proxy
APACI_ARGS=--enable-module=rewrite
APACI_ARGS=--enable-module=include
APACI_ARGS=--enable-module=info
