> > When I compile with MP_DEBUG=1 set the test reports this: > > > > 92021:/local/GML/install/apache2/bin/httpd: rld: Fatal Error: > > attempted access to unresolvable symbol in > > /local/GML/......../ServerUtil.so: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr > > Please take a look at: > http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/troubleshooting.html#_relocation_errors__or__undefined_symbol_ > > Is that the cause of the problem?
No - it isn't. I know that because the good(?) news is that I've found out what the problem is. The symbol is in mod_perl.so, but is HIDDEN. This seems to be because it has been obtained from a static archive (libperl.a). [NOTE: This last statement could be completely wrong - I'm basing this on a quick perusal of man pages, not knowledge] The solution (*very* basic at present) is to tell the loader to export symbols from libperl.a which it would otherwise hide. To do this I fished out the loinker command which produced mod_perl.so and added a "-exports" option immediatley before "-lperl" (this option only affects the next load). Hardly a usable solution, but I'll see what I can do as far as automation goes... The server now starts for tests. It seems to have failed a few, but I haven't had a look at that yet.
