At 11:39 AM +0200 5/16/04, Willem Grooters wrote: >Just for interest: >Before getting deeper into these issues, I would like to use a later >version (5.8.x). But will that be usable with MOD_PERL as it is? If not, >what to be aware of if building in 5.8 and using is under 5.6?
As far as I know, mod_perl links against the PERLSHR shareable image, which means it must be used with the Perl it was created for (not just the Perl version, but, since we don't do any fancy gsmatch shenanigans, the actual build of Perl). There is no reason in principle this couldn't be Perl 5.8.4 rather than 5.6.1. I don't really know the state of building mod_perl yourself on VMS. I believe you need the Apache sources, which at least at one time were available (with VMS modifications included) on the Compaq/HP web site somewhere. Dan Sugalski did the original port of mod_perl to VMS, but I don't know whether he built a configuration script for VMS or just hacked together a good-enough configuration that would get it built. Either way there are probably updates necessary since that was at least a couple of years ago. The mod_perl home page is here: http://perl.apache.org/ >FYI: Installation of the 2.0 version of Apache - if that MOD_PERL would >require PERL 5.8) is NO option. mod_perl 2.0 requires Apache 2.0, but mod_perl 2.0 is still in beta. mod_perl 1.x should work with Apache 1.3 or 2.0 and Perl 5.6.x or 5.8.x. -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
