On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 12:30 +0000, Beginner wrote: > On 17 Mar 2008 at 7:43, Perrin Harkins wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I found an > > > upgraded package for my OS. > > > > Do you mean that the OS auto-upgraded something, or that you upgraded > > something manually? What exactly was upgraded? > > It looks like logrotate shutdown httpd and http failed to start after > that. I did an update to spamassassin, clamav and courier last week > but that went fine and there were no issues. > > > > My startup file has: > > > > > > use Apache2::RequestRec (); > > > use Apache::Const -compile qw(ok); > > > use Template; > > > use Date::Calc; > > I think the Apache::Const should be Apache2::Const but it hasn't > stopped the error. > > > That looks fine. > > > > > Subroutine load redefined at /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/XSLoader.pm line > > > 28.\nCompilation failed in require at > > > /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/RequestRec.pm line 24. > > > > That sort of thing usually means that your mod_perl was not compiled > > with the current perl and needs to be recompiled. > > mod_perl seems to come as part of the package on my version of > Debian. If i attempt to install I get "libapache2-mod-perl2 is > already the newest version".
Try this: dpkg -i --force /var/cache/archives/libapache2-mod-perl2-<version>.deb > > I am loath to go down the route of install modperl from source as it > kinda breaks the idea behind having a package manager. Why must you go outside the package manager to install a custom-compiled mod_perl? You can easily build debian packages on your own. Google is full of howto's. > > I'm am going to see if I can find a solution that maintains the > integrity of my package manager for now. If I haven't found a > solution by the end of the day I will have to go down the source > route. I would highly recommend NOT going outside the package manager. Build your own deb package, it's pretty straightforward. > > Thanx, > Dp.
