Greets!
I recently posted a message concerning problems I'm having getting mod_ssl
and mod_perl to go. It turns out I missed one error message in the
configure process of mod_perl (in addition to a warning earlier display,
which I thought I could ignore) - it complains about a missing gdbm
component, and that it seems, causes the configure process to die without
much further fanfare.
Why do I need/want gdbm? I have ndbm or some such (enough to appease
sendmail) available as part of a standard install. (I don't really
understand these database libs - what are each, and how do I verify
precisely what I have?) A casual search show I actually _do_ have libgdbm
files in /usr/lib:
libgdbm.so.1@
libgdbm.so.1.7.3
libgdbm.so.2@
libgdbm.so.2.0.0
The *.1.7.3 file I pulled from Magma Communications when I installed their
Webmail product, but shouldn't the presence of these libs have quenched
mod_perl's thirst for a gdbm lib? Apparently not.
So, I grepped for gdbm in the mod_perl tree, and found a .pod file (what's
a .pod file?) with a reference to gdbm. It told me how to find a find
called Config.pm (what's that for?) and change the order of the ?dbm
references. Well, since I apparently don't have gdbm installed (according
to mod_perl), I removed that reference, and the configure and build process
just completed!
Finally, how do I verify that mod_perl is actually working? Since I've
modified the instructions to get this working, how do I verify that
components like mm are working?
Why is perl such a cryptic, Vorlon of a thing? :)
Cheers!
Jon
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